%0 Journal Article
%T Adults recognize toddlersĄŻ song renditions
%A Helga Gudmundsdottir
%A Sandra Trehub
%J Psychology of Music
%@ 1741-3087
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0305735617711762
%X The present study explored the singing ability of toddlers 16 months to 3 years of age by examining North American adultsĄŻ ability to identify toddlersĄŻ renditions of familiar tunes sung with foreign lyrics. After listening to each toddlerĄŻs song, half with familiar melodies and half with unfamiliar melodies, adults attempted to name the songs. Their identification was highly accurate, refuting the prevailing view that toddlers focus on words at the expense of tunes. The singing range of these non-English-speaking toddlers and that of their English-speaking counterparts approximated the pitch range of the target songs, which is inconsistent with the reportedly small singing range of toddlers. ToddlersĄŻ apparent singing proficiency in the present context may stem from the use of home-based recordings and child-selected songs
%K early childhood
%K pitch
%K range
%K singing
%K toddlers
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0305735617711762