A Pilot Study to Investigate the Constructs of Musical Aptitude

ciently measure musical aptitude. Both groups, however, have been critical of the current status of musical aptitude testing. In number, scope, and technical refinements the testing of aptitude in music has lagged far behind other aptitude tests.1 An examination of currently published aptitude tests indicates that the constructors of those tests, in general, agree that musical aptitude can best be assessed by measuring such functions as the sense of pitch, the sense of tonal memory, the sense of rhythm, the sense of time, and the sense of intensity. Anastasi has stated: The content