WORKING TO MUSIC
Singing and talking at work should be encouraged, according to Miss J. M. Robertson, formerly field work tutor of the Board of Social Studies, Glasgow, and now a member of the board in Melbourne, states an exchange.
After numerous tests it had been proved that the first two hours of work each day proved the most boring for most people, he stated. This, it was considered, was due to the fact that "most people had hurried to work after a very smail and hasty breakfast and so were hungry. The introduction of ten-minute rest periods after an hour's work had proved most satisfactory.
Another interesting experiment, Miss Robertson said, was the introduction of music during working hours. This served two purposes—it helped to combat boredom and to increase production. It was preferable that the music should not be played with a very marked rhythm. Different workers took different times over their jobs. A pronounced rhythm tended to slow down some workers and hurry others. Waltzes were the most popular, although they were,not the best from a production point of view. Fox-trots were next in popularity. Singing in \ records was nearly always disliked.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 64, 13 September 1939, Page 14
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195WORKING TO MUSIC Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 64, 13 September 1939, Page 14
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