Music education in the digital age: Challenges associated with sound homogenization in music aimed at adolescents

Adolescent music preferences revolve around so-called popular music, specifically that which is highly manipulated by audio and music production technologies and aimed at the mass market. These processes can result in music genres that lean towards sound homogenization, a phenomenon that could gradu...

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Authors: Faure Carvallo, Adrien, Gustems Carnicer, Josep, Guaus, Enric
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/211085
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ensenyament de la música
Adolescents
Music education
Teenagers
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spelling Music education in the digital age: Challenges associated with sound homogenization in music aimed at adolescentsFaure Carvallo, AdrienGustems Carnicer, JosepGuaus, EnricEnsenyament de la músicaAdolescentsMusic educationTeenagersAdolescent music preferences revolve around so-called popular music, specifically that which is highly manipulated by audio and music production technologies and aimed at the mass market. These processes can result in music genres that lean towards sound homogenization, a phenomenon that could gradually restrict adolescents’ access to the acoustic richness of other music styles that have emerged throughout history. The objective of this work was to analyse the music genres favoured by a sample of Spanish adolescents (n=464), based on their acoustic qualities (timbre, rhythm and dynamics). The results of the automatic analysis indicated a great deal of overlap in terms of sound, which corroborated the homogeneous character of the genres. This calls for an approach to secondary music education that helps preserve musical richness and stylistic variety in the classroom.SAGE Publications2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/211085Articles publicats en revistes (Biblioteconomia, Documentació i Comunicació Audiovisual)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1177/02557614221084315International Journal of Music Education, 2022, vol. 40, num.4, p. 598-612https://doi.org/10.1177/02557614221084315cc-by-nc-nd (c) Faure-Carvallo, A. et al., 2022http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2110852026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Music education in the digital age: Challenges associated with sound homogenization in music aimed at adolescents
spellingShingle Music education in the digital age: Challenges associated with sound homogenization in music aimed at adolescents
Faure Carvallo, Adrien
Ensenyament de la música
Adolescents
Music education
Teenagers
title_short Music education in the digital age: Challenges associated with sound homogenization in music aimed at adolescents
title_full Music education in the digital age: Challenges associated with sound homogenization in music aimed at adolescents
title_fullStr Music education in the digital age: Challenges associated with sound homogenization in music aimed at adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Music education in the digital age: Challenges associated with sound homogenization in music aimed at adolescents
title_sort Music education in the digital age: Challenges associated with sound homogenization in music aimed at adolescents
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Faure Carvallo, Adrien
Gustems Carnicer, Josep
Guaus, Enric
author Faure Carvallo, Adrien
author_facet Faure Carvallo, Adrien
Gustems Carnicer, Josep
Guaus, Enric
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Guaus, Enric
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ensenyament de la música
Adolescents
Music education
Teenagers
topic Ensenyament de la música
Adolescents
Music education
Teenagers
description Adolescent music preferences revolve around so-called popular music, specifically that which is highly manipulated by audio and music production technologies and aimed at the mass market. These processes can result in music genres that lean towards sound homogenization, a phenomenon that could gradually restrict adolescents’ access to the acoustic richness of other music styles that have emerged throughout history. The objective of this work was to analyse the music genres favoured by a sample of Spanish adolescents (n=464), based on their acoustic qualities (timbre, rhythm and dynamics). The results of the automatic analysis indicated a great deal of overlap in terms of sound, which corroborated the homogeneous character of the genres. This calls for an approach to secondary music education that helps preserve musical richness and stylistic variety in the classroom.
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