Jelena Davidova, Galina Zavadska, Asta Rauduvaite, Ming-Jen Chuang
In the present article, the psychological aspects of the development and process of coordination between 6-8 years old children’s musical hearing and vocal apparatus are considered, among which an important role is played by such cognitive processes as music perception, representation of musical hearing, musical thinking, musical memory, and self-control. This research aims at studying the psychological aspects of the process of coordination of musical hearing and vocal apparatus between 6-8 years old children. Music perception and representations of musical hearing have a great influence on the development of a child’s musical hearing and vocal apparatus. They are directly related to the intonation of the music material and performance of muscles of the vocal apparatus. Musical thinking is developed through the sense and perception of music, which ensures the development of children’s creativity and logical reasoning. The musical thinking of 6-8 years old children lacks the conscious element which is a distinction between the similar and the dissimilar. An analysis of the sounding information and the synthesis of an ideal expression for the sounding phenomenon are carried out unconsciously. Musical memory is a complex set of different kinds of memory; it is universal and is expressed while imitating a known melody, during the process of children playing music or singing. During the process of intonation, children learn to listen to themselves and learn to control the precision of intonation with the help of hearing. Self-control helps to regulate the process of phonation with the help of sensations – hearing, muscular, resonator (vibrating).