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    SENSORIMOTOR STAGE:​​
    Age 0-1 Reacts to sounds; seeks out, fixes attention on sound source; gross body movements
    Age 1-2 Spontaneous music making; vocal play, “babbling songs”

     

     

    PREOPERATIONAL STAGE:​​
    Age 2-3 Begins to reproduce phrases of songs heard
    Age 3-4 Conceives general contour (plan) of a melody; absolute pitch may develop if child begins to learn an instrument
    Age 4-5 Can discriminate register of pitches; can tap back simple rhythms
    Age 5-6 Understands basic dynamics (louder/softer); can discriminate “same” from “different” in easy tonal or rhythmic patterns
    Age 6-7 Improved singing in tune; tonal music perceived better than atonal

     

     

    CONCRETE OPERATIONS STAGE:
    Age 7-8 Appreciates consonance vs. dissonance
    Age 8-9 Rhythmic performance tasks improved
    Age 9-10 Rhythmic perceptions improves; melodic memory improves; two-part melodies perceived; sense of cadence
    Age 10-11 Harmonic sense of becoming established; develops some appreciation for the “finer points of music”

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    FORMAL OPERATIONS STAGE:

    Age 11-12 Increase in cognition appreciation of music and in emotional response to music

     

    Adapted From Shuter-Dyson & Gabriel (1981)​

     

    Milestones of Musical Development

    As Compared to Piaget's Stages of Development

    Back to Developmental Music Groups

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