STUDENTS' MUSICAL PREFERENCES TOWARD MUSIC OF DIFFERENT TEMPO

This paper explores musical preferences of fourth and eighth grades students of elementary school towards art music of different tempo. Two variables have been selected, age and gender, and their impact on the preferences towards music with different tempo was explored. As a part of the research a questionnaire and sound questionnaire was administered to 172 children attending the fourth and eighth grade. Results confirm that female students largely prefer slow music, and that fourth-grade students in relation to the eighth-grade students prefer faster tempo music. Students, who in their spare time listen to slower tempo music, in this study confirmed same music preferences. Finally, research findings confirm that students generally prefer faster music.