Music Advocacy Facts
Preschool children's voices are not physiologically ready to handle complex songs. Studies done by Choksy, Abramson, Gillespie, and Woods in 1986 and by Forrai in 1990 have found a six- to seven-note range appropriate for younger singers.
From: "Self-Esteem: A Byproduct of Quality Classroom Music," by Laverne Warner. Childhood Education, Volume 76, Issue 1, page 19; Copyright 1999.
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