Psychological Monographs

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The study has been divided into two parts. The first part is a survey Of the general aspects of the problem from the standpoint of the visual perceiving func tions involved. This is based upon a consideration of the available evidence from studies of reading which seems rele vant to a study of music reading, the na ture of musical-notion and the various components of a musical composition which must be read, the similarities and differences between music reading and other kinds of reading, etc. The second part presents the method used and the results Obtained in a preliminary experi mental analysis of some aspects of music reading by means Of the photographic eye-movement technique. While musi cians were reading different musical se lections, records of the activities of their eyes and hands were made by means of which the number and durations of read ing pauses, the sequential placement of pauses, the eye-hand span, and the accur acy of the manual performance could be determined.