AIRS test battery protocol Note: the Red word should be the name of the language of this script C0-welcome Welcome to the AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills. My name is *****, and I will be your guide for this singing interview. The interview will ask a number of questions or give you short singing tasks. Throughout the interview, I will provide instructions for each task. Please note that your response for each task can only be recorded once. You will not have multiple opportunities to re-record your responses. Your participation in the AIRS test battery of singing skills will take less than 30 minutes of your time. We thank you for your participation in this research project. Please click the next button to start the AIRS test battery of singing skills. C1-record the speaking voice Although this is a singing interview, I would like to hear your speaking voice first Once you feel comfortable, please say a few words by answering at least one of the following questions. Question 1:Do you have a favourite type of music, and if so, can you say a few things about it. Question 2: Music is becoming very accessible. What role does music play in your life? Question 3: Do you enjoy singing? Just say a few things so that we get an idea of what you like. To start recording your introduction, please click the red record button. When you have finished answering, please move on to the next task by clicking the "next" button. C2-Brother John-a Do you know the song Brother John? Please start to sing this song with the help of a few words of the song on the screen. If you are not sure of the whole melody, just sing the parts that you know. Click the red “record” button to start. When you have finished, please move on to the next task. C3-repeat a sentence-English Now I am going play an English sentence that will appear on the screen. I will play it once and ask you to repeat it. Then, I will replay it and ask you to repeat it one more time. When you repeat it, please do your best to imitate exactly what you hear. When you are ready, Click the “next” button to start. Your response will be recorded automatically C3-repeat a sentence-Non-English Now I am going to play a very short non-English. I will play it once and ask you to repeat it. Then, I will play it again and ask you to repeat it one more time. When you are repeating the phrase, don’t worry about the meaning; just do your best to imitate exactly what you have heard. When you are ready, Click the “next” button to start. automatically. Your response will be recorded C4-minor third song Now, I am going to play a short melody for you and ask you to repeat it back on the syllable “la”, just as you hear it. When you are ready, Click the “next” button to start. automatically. Your response will be recorded Component 5-voice range-highest Now I am going to find the highest note your voice can sing. Please use whatever sound and method you are most comfortable with to sing your highest note. Take your time and don’t worry if at first you don’t do the best. Just keep trying until you do your best. When you are ready, please click the record button to start. Try as long as you want to sing your highest note. Then move to the next task by clicking the next button. Component 5-voice range-lowest Now I am going to find the lowest note your voice can sing. Please use whatever sound and method you are most comfortable with to sing your lowest note. Take your time and don’t worry if at first you don’t do the best. Just keep trying until you do your best. When you are ready, please click the record button to start. Try as long as you want to sing your lowest note. Then move to the next task by clicking the next button. C2-Brother John-b (first training part Brother John-entire song) Now, I am going to play the song Brother John for you and ask you to sing it back. When you are ready, Click the “next” button to start. automatically. Your response will be recorded C2-Brother John-c (second training part Brother John-section by section) I am going to present the song Brother John in sections and ask you to repeat each section immediately after. When you are ready Click the “next” button to start. automatically. Your response will be recorded C2-Brother John-d Now, I am going to play the song Brother John for you again. Please listen carefully and do your best to remember it. Please click the NEXT button to move on. C6-favourite song-1 I am going to ask you to sing your favourite song or one of your favourite songs. It doesn’t have to be the whole song, but at least an entire section is encouraged. Please take some time to think about and choose your favourite song. Click on the “next" button when you have made your choice. C6 Favourite song-2 It’s time to sing your favourite song! Please click the “record” button to start singing. Please click the “stop” button after you have finished and click next to go on. C6- Favourite song-3 Now that you have sung your song aloud, could you please tell me about this song by answering the following questions: Please type your answers in the blank you see on the screen. the name of the song the composer, the performer the genre or type of song what year do you think it was composed how old were you when you first heard it does it remind you of anything? why is it your favourite song? anything else you would like to add Please feel free to share as much information as you are comfortable with. Please click next to move on. C7-music elements Now, I am going to play several short melodies, and after each melody, I would like you to repeat back what you heard. When you are ready, please Click the “next” button to start recording. C8-improvise an ending I am going to play the beginning of a melody. This melody doesn't have an ending, so I'm asking you to create an ending for it. I’ll let you hear the beginning twice, and then you must repeat this beginning and then continue the melody to end it. In other words, please repeat the melody that you heard before you create an ending. Click “next” button when you are ready to start. C9-create a song from a picture prompt-a Now you see four pictures. There is a circle beside each picture. Please select the circle beside the picture you like the most, and click the "next" button to continue. C9- create a song from a picture prompt-a2 Please create an original song for the picture you chose. Your song can last as long as you like. Please take some time to think about and prepare your song (in your head). Click the next button when you have prepared a song. C9- create a song from a picture prompt-a3 Now I would like you to sing the song you just prepared! Click the record button to start and the stop button when you have finished singing. Then move to the following task by clicking the next button. C9-create a song from a picture prompt-b1 Now you can see the same four pictures on the screen. Please select the circle beside a picture for another song, and click the "next" button to continue C9- create a song from a picture prompt-b2 Please take some time to think about and prepare a song (in your head) for the picture you chose. The song can have words and a melody, or the song can have only a melody. If there was only a melody in your last song, please create a song with words. If you used words and a melody for your last song, please create a song without words. When you have prepared your song, click the next button. C9- create a song from a picture prompt-b3 Now I would like you to sing the song you just created! Click the record button to start and the stop button when you have finished singing. Then move to the following question by clicking the next button. C10-unfamiliar song-a-melody only I have another song for you, but this one probably won’t be as familiar as the Brother John song. The words may sound strange. I’ll play it twice and then ask you to sing it to the best of your ability. I would like you to sing just the melody using "la". Don't sing any words. Remember just sing "la" to the melody. Click the “next” button to start. Your response will be recorded automatically. C10-unfamiliar song-b-melody and words I’ll play the same song twice again and then ask you to sing it to the best of your ability. I would like you to sing the melody and the words, even if they seem strange. Remember: sing the words. Click the “next” button to start. Your response will be recorded automatically. C2-Brother John-e Do you still remember the song Brother John? Please sing Brother John again. It begins with: Are you sleeping? If you are not sure about all of it, just sing the parts that you know. Click the "record" button to start, and the "stop" button when you have finished. Please move to the next task by clicking the "next" button. C11-tell a story from a picture prompt-1 Please choose which of the pictures you like the most. Click the circle beside the picture to make your selection. After you have made your selection, click the “next” button to continue. C11-tell a story from a picture prompt-2 Please take some time to think about and create a story for the picture you chose. Your story should have a beginning, middle and an ending. Click the “next” button when you are ready to tell the story. C11-tell a story from a picture prompt-3 Please tell the story you have created about the picture. Click the “Record” button to start and the “stop” button when you have finished. When you have finished, please move to the following task by clicking the "next" button. C2-Brother John-f Now, and finally, I am going to ask you to sing back the entire song of Brother John. This time without any clues. When you are ready, please click the “record” button to start. Final You have now completed the AIRS test battery of singing skills. I would like to thank you for your participation in our research project. I appreciate you taking the time to help us out. If you have any questions or concerns about this interview please feel free to ask. All of your information will be kept confidential, and used only for our research. Before you leave, please click the submit button. Thanks again.