Development of an auditory scale for determining the music taste tendencies of secondary school students

The purpose of this study is to develop a reliable and valid auditory measurement tool to determine the musical tastes of secondary school students according to the music they listen to. Music taste is a complex issue that is affected by many variables related to the music people choose to listen to. It is also directly related to music education and allows the understanding of the musical experiences of primary school students. In the reliability and validity results of the developed auditory scale conducted on the female population, a scale consisting of 18 items consisting of six factors and whose entire application took 8 minutes was finally presented. Cronbach's Alpha number is α=,707, and the total variance explained rate is 69.631, which is a high value. In the measurements conducted with male students, it was observed that the scale did not meet the expected values and was limited to female students only. First of all, the development process of the scale should be the subject of new research in order to ensure its validity and reliability in the male population. In addition, it is thought that the relevant scale will make significant contributions to the field by enabling the development of musical materials to be used in school environments and the creation of cultural policies by creating musical taste profiles at the class, school or district level.