Congruence in Music and Movement Enhances the Perception of Sports Routine Quality

Fung Chiat Loo; Fung Ying Loo; Yan Piaw Chua

doi:10.5216/mh.v19.58191

Authors

Fung Chiat Loo, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Department of Music, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, fungchiat@hotmail.com http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0387-1173
Fung Ying Loo, Professor Cultural Centre, University of Malaya, Selangor, Malaysia, loofy@um.edu.my http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2776-6626
Yan Piaw Chua, Professor Institute of Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Selangor, Malaysia, chuayp@um.edu.my http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6900-2977

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/mh.v19.58191

Keywords:

perceived congruence, Sports Routine, Music and Movement, Choreomusical, Music and Sports

Abstract

Most studies of music and sports relate to the ergogenic effect of synchronization between music and movement in repetitive sports activities. As in dance, music is clearly important for sports routines that involve choreography. This study performs an experiment involving a rhythmic gymnastics routine to investigate whether increasing the congruence between music and movement enhances the quality of sports routines from a musical perspective. In preparing the video stimulus, the original music accompaniment was replaced with a new composition to increase the congruence between music and movement using six musical parameters that parallel dance, including tempo, rhythm, phrasing, accent, direction and dynamic. Fifty-two undergraduate music majors participated in the study and evaluated two videos of the same routine, one with the original music and the other with the new music. The participants completed a three-part questionnaire: the first part evaluates the perceived congruence between music and movement in terms of the six parameters, the second part evaluates acrobatic qualities, and the third part evaluates athletic qualities. The results show that the intended congruence was perceived as significantly improved in the routine with the new accompaniment, and both the acrobatic and sports qualities were also perceived as significantly improved.

Keywords: perceived congruence, sports routine, music and movement, choreomusical, music and sports

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The research was funded by the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) FRGS/1/2016/SS107/UPM/02/2, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia.

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Author Biographies

Fung Chiat Loo, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Department of Music, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, fungchiat@hotmail.com

Fung Chiat, Loo. Associate Professor and the head of music department at University Putra Malaysia. Her research focuses issues in performance practice, musical theatre and Chinese music. Her publications includes works on Olivier Messiaen, music and sports, and musical theatre.

Fung Ying Loo, Professor, Cultural Centre, University of Malaya, Selangor, Malaysia, loofy@um.edu.my

Fung Ying, Loo. Associate Professor of Cultural Centre, Department of Music, University of Malaya. Her research interest includes Chinese music and musical theatre. Her publication includes Taichi and its application on piano playing skills, and Malaysian Chinese music traditions.

Yan Piaw Chua, Professor, Institute of Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Selangor, Malaysia, chuayp@um.edu.my

Yan Piaw, Chua. Professor at the Institute of Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Along with publications in statistics and creative learning, his book publication includes ‘Research Methods and Statistics’ (2015), and ‘Mastering Research Methods’ (2016).