Influences of heredity and musical environment on the scores of kindergarten children on the Seashore measures of musical ability

Abstract

With 42 preschool children the test-retest reliability of the Mc-Ginnis adaptation (pitch, intensity, consonance) of the Seashore musical ability test was found to be .778. The correlation between the child's test score and parents' ratings of the child was .264, while that with teachers' ratings was .147. The correlations between children's test scores and musical environment were all low. The parent-child correlations in test scores were pitch .144, intensity .456, and consonance—.111. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)