Music engagement is complex and is influenced by music training, capacity, preferences, and motivations. A multi-modular self-report instrument (the Music Use and Background Questionnaire, or MUSEBAQ) was developed to measure a diverse set of music engagement constructs. Based on earlier work, a hybrid approach of exploratory and confirmatory analyses was conducted across a series of three independent studies to establish reliability and validity of the modular tool. Module 1 (Musicianship) provides a brief assessment of formal and informal music knowledge and practice. Module 2 (Musical capacity) measures emotional sensitivity to music, listening sophistication, music memory and imagery, and personal commitment to music. Module 3 (Music preferences) captures preferences from six broad genres and utilizes adaptive reasoning to selectively expand subgenres when administered online. Module 4 (Motivations for music use) assesses musical transcendence, emotion regulation, social, and musical identity and expression. The MUSEBAQ offers researchers and practitioners a comprehensive, modular instrument that can be used in whole, or by module as required to capture an individual’s level of engagement with music and to serve as a background questionnaire to measure and interpret the effects of dispositional differences in emotional reactions to music.
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February 2018
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February 01 2018
MUSEBAQ: A Modular Tool for Music Research to Assess Musicianship, Musical Capacity, Music Preferences, and Motivations for Music Use
Tan-Chyuan Chin,
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Tan-Chyuan Chin, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia. E-mail: [email protected]
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Eduardo Coutinho,
Eduardo Coutinho
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Klaus R. Scherer,
Klaus R. Scherer
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Nikki S. Rickard
Nikki S. Rickard
The University of Melbourne & Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Tan-Chyuan Chin, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia. E-mail: [email protected]
Music Perception (2018) 35 (3): 376–399.
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Received:
July 01 2016
Accepted:
July 30 2017
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Tan-Chyuan Chin, Eduardo Coutinho, Klaus R. Scherer, Nikki S. Rickard; MUSEBAQ: A Modular Tool for Music Research to Assess Musicianship, Musical Capacity, Music Preferences, and Motivations for Music Use. Music Perception 1 February 2018; 35 (3): 376–399. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2018.35.3.376
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