The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the musical environment and the developmental music aptitude scores of Chinese children in Penang, Malaysian kindergartens. The second aspect of the study investigated whether parents' attitudes toward music, socio-economic status, and children's age have an impact on the music aptitude scores.Measures used to determine children's musical environment included the researcher-designed Home Musical Environment Questionnaire and Kindergarten Musical Experiences Questionnaire. Gordon’s Primary Measurement of Music Audiation (PMMA) was used to evaluate the children’s tonal and rhythmic music aptitudes. The sample comprised 238 Chinese children, aged four to six, enrolled in private kindergartens in Penang, Malaysia. A quantitative method was used in this study.The Pearson correlation coefficient revealed that the home musical environment had a weak but significant relationship with the tonal subtest (r = .192, p < .01), rh.....

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