Singing Pitching Accuracy From Years 3 to 6 in a Primary School

A signi cant minority of children reach their teens unable to sing a note in tune against a reference played, for example.on a piano.It has been demonstrated previously that the use of the SINGAD (SINGing Assessment and Development) visual feedback system can enable accurate conscious pitching skills to be developed from the age of ve years.This paper describes the SINGAD system in use and presents results gathered during an assessment of 177 children from years 3-6(aged 8-11 years) inclusive of a York primary school during November 1993.The variation in pitching accuracy across the four years is discussed and boy/girl differences are considered.