QUESTIONNAIRE Mathematics & Music

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1. Data

   1. You were born
      
      • Between 1970 and 1979
      • Between 1960 and 1969
      • Between 1950 and 1959
      • Between 1940 and 1949
      • Between 1930 and 1939
      • Before 1930
   2. Musical consumption
      Do you see yourself as a "music lover" (music of any kind) ?
      
      • Yes
      • No
      Which kind of music do you listen to the more often ?
      
      • Classical
      • Jazz
      • Variety
      • Pop
      Number of classical music recordings you have
      
      • Less than 10
      • Between 11 et 50
      • Between 51 et 100
      • More than 101
      Number of jazz music recordings you have
      
      • Less than 10
      • Between 11 et 50
      • Between 51 et 100
      • More than 101
      Number of variety music recordings you have
      
      • Less than 10
      • Between 11 et 50
      • Between 51 et 100
      • More than 101
      Number of pop music recordings you have
      
      • Less than 10
      • Between 11 et 50
      • Between 51 et 100
      • More than 101
      You go to concerts (of any kind)
      
      • Less than 3 times a year
      • Between 4 and 7 times
      • Between 8 and 15 times
      • More than 15 times
      Write below the number of concerts of each kind you have seen in 1994:
      
      • .... Opera
      • .... Symphonical
      • .... Chamber Music
      • .... Variety
      • .... Jazz
   3. Musical education
      Do you have learnt to play an instrument (or to sing)?
      • Yes
      • No
      Which one? ...........................
      If yes, during
      • Less than two years
      • Between 2 and 5 years
      • Between 5 and 10 years
      • More than 10 years
      Age when you began
      • Between 5 and 8
      • Between 8 and 12
      • Between 12 and 18
      • Adult
   4. Practice of instrument (only if you have learnt to play)
      Do you still practice?
      
      • Yes
      • No
      If yes, number of hours devoted weekly :
      
      • Less than 2 hours
      • Between 2 and 5 hours
      • Between 5 and 15 hours
      • More than 15 hours
   5. Ensembles
      Do you belong to a musical group (orchestra, choir, chamber music, pop group etc...) ?
      
      • Yes
      • No
      Number of hours devoted weekly
      
      • Less than 2 hours
      • Between 2 and 4 hours
      • More than 4 hours
   6. Practice of other arts
      Do you have another artistical practice?
      
      • Yes
      • No
      Which one ? ...................
      Number of hours devoted to it weekly? ...............
      

2. Correspondances

   1. Spontaneous behavior in front of a mathematical result / a musical work
      1) Order ( from 1 to 5, from the most to the least important) the adjectives that best describe your aesthetic feeling in front of a mathematical result or a musical work

                         Mathematics               Music
      
      Constructed        .............             ...............
      
      Concise            .............             ...............
      
      Amazing            .............             ...............
                            
      Innovating         .............             ...............
      
      Natural            .............             ...............
      
      
      

   2. Order ( from 1 to 5, from the most to the least important) the adjectives that best describe your state of mind in front of a mathematical result or a musical work you like.

                         Mathematics               Music
      
      Quiet              .............             ...............
      
      Enthusiast         .............             ...............
      
      Joyful             .............             ...............
      
      Surprised          .............             ...............
                            
      Melancholy         .............             ...............
      
      

   3. Quote a mathematical theorem that you especially like
      . ................................. Quote a musical work that you especially like.
      .................................
   4. Can you quote two adjectives that suit the above quotations. ......................................
      ..........................................
   5. Do you consider that there is an age when your mathematical vocation appeared? ..............
      At this age, did you have a favourite musical work? ........................................
      Quote an adjective to characterize it..................................
      

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                     Questionnaire M&M
                Laboratoire de Probabilités
               Université PARIS VI- Tour 56
                        75252 PARIS Cedex 05
                          FRANCE

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