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Reproduction and representation of musical rhythms of increasing complexity: insights from children's home settings Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Rivka Elkoshi
The aim of the study encompasses three primary objectives: (1) To examine the capability of children of varying ages to reproduce increasingly complex rhythms through hand-clapping and drumming; (2...
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The instrumental practice goal realization inventory: from intention to evaluation Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-17 Zofia Mazur-Socha, Mariola Łaguna, Peter Gollwitzer
This article reports on the development and validation of the Instrumental Practice Goal Realization Inventory (IPGRI) designed to assess the process of self-directed study, beginning with setting ...
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Teaching the whole singer: An examination of methods used to address student wellness in the collegiate voice studio Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-06-21 Melissa Baughman, Darrell J Jordan
We examined the perspectives and experiences of collegiate voice instructors regarding methods used to address wellness in the collegiate voice studio. Collegiate voice instructors ( N = 835) from 13 states were invited to participate in a researcher-designed survey. A total of 74 respondents completed the survey. All respondents strongly agreed that students’ wellness impacts their performance abilities
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Voicing voicing: attuning to the material in studio recording the Lullaby Choir Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Samantha Sebastian Dieckmann
This article presents a close ethnographic reading of an intercultural community choir’s experience recording lullabies in a professional studio setting. Bringing together Chadwick’s (2020, 2021) p...
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Collaboration, relationships and fleeting opportunities: growing the future early childhood music education workforce Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Karen Wickett, Jane Parker
The aim of, Jane’s, Soundwaves Early Childhood Music lead, and Karen’s, Early Childhood Studies lecturer, inquiry is to encourage new insights into how multiple relationalities and learning play ou...
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Supporting musical affordances for desistance and resistance in youth justice settings Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Alexis Anja Kallio
As criminological perspectives of youth justice shift from rehabilitative ideals to desistance frameworks whereby young people assume a central role in their own identity-development and relationsh...
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Posthuman Perspectives for Music Education Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Jessica Pitt
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 26, No. 3, 2024)
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Preparing conservatoire students for the music education workforce: conversations with alumni Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-05-29 Luan Shaw
Higher music education institutions should continually review their curricula to ensure that their graduates are best equipped to support musical learning for children and young people. Perspectives on early careers in instrumental teaching were obtained via an alumni-led workshop and focus group at a UK conservatoire. Findings revealed that whilst extensive pedagogical training was offered, its value
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Adults’ engagement in music learning during and after online coaching Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Aleksi Ojala, Tanja Välisalo, Mikko Myllykoski
This article sheds light on adult engagement in a learning activity during and after online coaching on piano, guitar, or songwriting. Data was collected from the participants using thematic semi-s...
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How composition strategies influence melodic idea generation Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-27 Ashleigh Southam, Alistair Macaulay, Jamie Costley
Previous research has shown that classroom activities in music composition, involve the use of composition strategies during the creative process. This implies that teaching composition strategies may be beneficial to improve compositions in regards to their craftsmanship and their originality. Practical guides on composing for experienced musicians suggest using composition strategies as a way to
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The effect of chord duration on the relative salience of chord-type and voicing changes Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Ivan Jimenez, Tuire Kuusi, Juha Ojala, Peter Harrison
This study investigates the effect of chord duration on the relative salience of chord-type and voicing changes. Participants ( N = 111) with varying levels of musical training were presented with sequences of five block chords on the piano and asked to indicate which chord sounded most different. Each sequence consisted of three identical chords and two oddballs, one with a voicing change and one
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The effect of differentiated video presentations of choral performances on aesthetic responses of undergraduate choral and instrumental ensemble musicians Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Charles R Robinson, Daniel J Keown
Research examining affective response to media modalities including film, television, gaming, video streaming, and virtual reality is expanding. This study examined aesthetic responses to choral performances presented in two contrasting video formats (stationary and produced). Volunteer undergraduate students ( N = 94) enrolled in ensembles (choral, n = 45; instrumental, n = 49) indicated their aesthetic
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Musical creativity in music lessons in Croatia Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-23 Mia Mucić
Music lessons in Croatia are characterised by the existence of three areas that intertwine and complement each other. Thus, in music lessons, students will listen to music, participate in various a...
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Methodological shifts and departures in music education research: embracing complexity with diffraction, intra-action, and agentic assemblages Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-21 Victoria Kinsella, Martin Fautley, Adam Whittaker
In England, music education policy is deeply rooted in neoliberal ideologies, shaping classroom practice and assessments. This paper presents findings from a four-year funded longitudinal project e...
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Creativity in a music composition community: an analysis of online comments Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-18 Patrick W. Horton
Scholars have often highlighted the intrinsic features of technology to support the generation and sharing of ideas (Craft 2011). By studying user interactions within informal online communities, r...
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What does it mean to sing with the Earth? Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 David A. Camlin
A small group (n = 11) of singers from the same community of musical practice in the UK participated in focus group workshops to reflect on their experiences of group singing in nature. The study f...
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Centre for Excellence in Music Performance Education (CEMPE): an inquiry into institutional change processes in higher music education Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-17 Veronica Ski-Berg, Ellen M. Stabell, Sidsel Karlsen
This study explores change processes in higher music education by following the development of the Centre for Excellence in Music Performance Education (CEMPE) at the Norwegian Academy of Music (NM...
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University students facilitating hip hop in a community engagement project: experiences and perceptions Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Jonathan Kladder
Hip hop is the most popular music in the US and remains on the fringes of the music education profession as both under-integrated, researched, and utilised. The purpose of this project was to inves...
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The association between music performance skills and cognitive improvement in a musical instrument training program for older adults Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Marcelo Kakihara, Xueyan Wang, Shoko Iwasaki, Takahiro Soshi, Masatoshi Yamashita, Kaoru Sekiyama
Recent studies have reported positive effects of music training on older adults’ executive functions. However, it is not completely known whether these outcomes were due to improvement in music performance skills or due to other components of training, such as social interaction and music listening. Here, we investigated the effect of a 10-week melodica training program on a group of healthy older
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Opening up openings: Zooming in on improvisation in the Theater of Home Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Robert L Burke, Maria Sappho, Ross Birrell, Raymond MacDonald, Tia DeNora
This article presents a qualitative analysis of the opening section of an online improvisation session. The session, which was organized by the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra, included an international group of musicians. It took place during the global COVID-19 pandemic where the participants were experiencing lockdown conditions. Phenomenological reflexive analysis and video elicitation techniques
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Multidisciplinarity in the Journal of New Music Research Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 David Meredith, Johanna Devaney
Published in Journal of New Music Research (Vol. 52, No. 2-3, 2023)
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Formal, informal, and non-formal learning as analytic categories for research in music education Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 Gaute Storsve
Using a deductive approach, this article explores how synthesizing existing theoretical frameworks—UNESCO’s domains of education encompassing formal, informal, and nonformal learning, Folkestad’s dimensions of learning (the situation, learning style, ownership, and intentionality), and Green’s characterizations of informal learning—can enhance our understanding of students’ experiences of music-making
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Posthumanist new materialist pathways for reimagining music education research: What matters? What can this offer music educators? Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Pamela Burnard, Nathalie Ann Köbli
Much of historical and contemporary music education research is influenced by a Cartesian ontology of opposition. This reinforces the classic function of music and music education: the exercise of ...
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Theorising with the mycelium in the commingled world of young children’s musical play Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Jessica Pitt
Inspired by Sheldrake’s study of fungi [Sheldrake, M. 2020. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures. London: Penguin Random House] and Barad’s idea of ent...
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Cultivating meaning and self-transcendence to increase positive emotions and decrease anxiety in music performance Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-10 Elsa Perdomo-Guevara, Nicola Dibben
This article presents the findings of an intervention aimed at promoting positive emotions in music performance, as positive emotions are intrinsically valuable and can have associated benefits. The intervention sought to help participants conceive performance in more meaningful, self-transcendent terms. This study investigated whether the intervention helped performers to change their approach to
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Concurrent musical pitch height biases judgment of visual brightness Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 You Jeong Hong, Ahyeon Choi, Chae-Eun Lee, WooJae Cho, Sumin Yoon, Kyogu Lee
The integration of music sounds with concurrent visual scenes or objects is a occurrence in our daily lives, attracting the attention of researchers investigating how music influences our perceptions of simultaneous visuals. This study specifically investigates the role of musical pitch height in shaping our judgments of visual brightness during concurrent music–visual events. Participants were presented
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Music teachers’ labeling accuracy and quality ratings of lesson plans by artificial intelligence (AI) and humans Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Patrick K Cooper
This study explored the potential of artificial intelligence (ChatGPT) to generate lesson plans for music classes that were indistinguishable from music lesson plans created by humans, with current music teachers as assessors. Fifty-six assessors made a total of 410 ratings across eight lesson plans, assigning a quality score to each lesson plan and labeling if they believed each lesson plan was created
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How to teach a puppet to sing: exploring posthuman perspectives on the ‘natural’ voice alongside The Walk (2021) Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Florence Brady
In this article I explore the construct of the ‘natural’ voice within the context of the natural voice movement, before invoking perspectives on voice from the posthumanities and D/deaf studies in ...
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Music and mathematics: Key components and contributions of an integrated STEAM teaching approach Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 Cristina González-Martín, Montserrat Prat Moratonas, Judith Forcada Royo
The limited number of STEAM educational experiences in Spain was the motivation behind this study, whose goal was to identify the contributions and essential components of integrated STEAM teaching, specifically the approach that relates the arts (music) to science subjects (mathematics). To this end, a multiple case study was carried out in primary classrooms at three schools. The interviews carried
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Participation and Persistence in High School Elective Music Ensembles Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-29 Kenneth Elpus, Carlos R. Abril
In this study, we examined demographic patterns of participation and persistence in high school elective music ensembles. We extend prior research that has only compared music and non-music students by explicitly modeling persistence across multiple years of ensemble enrollment. The research draws on data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 and employs a zero-inflated Poisson regression
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A journey of collaborative inquiry: perspectives from preservice and cooperating music teachers in Korea Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Jihae Shin
Executing a successful teaching practicum is closely related to effective collaboration between preservice and cooperating teachers. Thus, this study implemented and investigated collaborative inqu...
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Children’s and adolescents’ engagement with music and the potential for (digital) empowerment processes: A text-mining-supported scoping review Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Kathrin Smolarczyk, Lisa Birnbaum, Alexander Christ, Stephan Kröner
Extracurricular and out-of-school engagement with music is often associated with positive effects for musical goals while also holding potential for developmental and empowerment processes. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance and the potential of digital technologies for facilitating musical engagement. The emergence of digitally transformed musicking has added complexity to the already
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Lived Experiences of Adult Caregiver “Nonmusicians” and “Nonsingers” in Early Childhood Music Classes Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-26 Karen Salvador, Saleel Adarkar Menon
Many adults do not see themselves as musical, and about 17% believe they are tone deaf. People who identify as tone deaf often believe this condition is congenital and permanent and prevents them from ever singing accurately. In many early childhood music (ECM) classes, adults participate as musical models, interacting with their children by moving, chanting, vocalizing, and singing. Using phenomenological
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Unraveling the interplay of emotions in art and music: An event-related potential investigation Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 Francesco De Benedetto, Eleonora Ghiraldini, Nausicaa Capizzi, Alice Mado Proverbio
The study examined the impact of music’s emotional content on the aesthetic experience of visual artworks during combined stimulation. The hypothesis posited that incongruity of emotional states induced by music would impede accurate comprehension of emotional aspect of artworks. A total of 18 university students were presented with 192 paintings and 20 emotionally congruent or incongruent musical
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Music teachers’ perceptions of intercultural competence in Spain Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-24 María Tomé-Fernández, Verónica Bravo-Yebra
Intercultural competence is essential in schools attended by students of different ethnicities, cultures, and religions. A number of studies have suggested that music facilitates the transmission of values and emotions inherent in intercultural competence. The role of teachers is considered essential as well. Thus, it is important to consider music teachers’ perceptions on intercultural competence
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Spiralling Engagement Experiences of Creativity (SEEC): A process of research-led arts creation for facilitating experiences of flourishing in participants’ lives Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Julie Ballantyne, Eve Klein
Research in the area of Positive Psychology typically investigates positive psychological interventions and their impact on the lives of participants, positive psychology as an approach to enhance the lives of participants, or investigations of particular populations in search of evidence of flourishing. This paper presents a research process of embodied, creative engagement to facilitate the exploration
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Playing by ear and the development of music skills at pre-school age Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Evi Andrioti
The aim of the present research was to investigate the evolutionary course of rhythmic development in pre-school children in a private kindergarten (age 4–5 years) in Athens, Greece, through Lucy Green’s ‘Playing by ear’ method. Tools and strategies taken from qualitative methodology, and more specifically from action-research were used. What was investigated was to what extent the ‘Playing by ear’
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Music-making facilitates acculturation and reduces acculturative stress: Evidence from a survey of migrants living in Germany Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Jasmin Chantah, Emily Frankenberg, Zora Kasanda, Stephan Bongard
Beneficial effects of music on wellbeing and group cohesion are well established. Furthermore, participation in music groups has been shown to be associated with increased orientation to the host culture, while orientation to culture of origin appears to remain unaffected. In order to gain insight into the effects of music activities on acculturative stress in adult migrants, a group of musically active
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Exploring music learning needs of working-age individuals in Thailand Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Skowrung Saibunmi, Saya Thuntawech
This quantitative study delves into the music learning needs of working-age individuals in Thailand, focusing on those aged 21 to 59 years outside the music profession. The research, conducted in October 2023, collected responses from 503 participants through an online structured questionnaire. The findings revealed that “As a hobby/for relaxation” emerged as the primary motivation for enrolling in
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Meeting the musician-teacher halfway: a Baradian perspective on identity research in music education Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Ryan Matthew Lewis
This theoretical paper explores how researching the identities of musician-teachers can be differently conceptualised through a critical posthuman lens. Wider calls to action demand an expanded pro...
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Stretching and cracking: becoming feminist posthumanist scholars in music education Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Mari Ystanes Fjeldstad, Synnøve Kvile, Runa Hestad Jenssen
How and why did three PhD fellows become feminist posthumanist scholars within the field of music education research? Drawing on Karen Barad’s theorising of phenomena, not pre-existing entities, as...
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OOO, Guerrilla metaphysics, and the allure of children’s musical play Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Alison Harmer
Inspired by Graham Harman’s philosophy of human access, and within the ‘flattening ontology’ of Object Oriented Ontology, Ring o’ Roses is speculated about as a finite object with ontological indep...
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Personal strength and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of cultural workers in the music sector Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Beate Elstad, Erik Døving, Dag Jansson
This study examines how cultural workers in the music sector coped with the COVID-19-induced lockdown, and how coping is associated with growth in personal strength during the pandemic. We conducted an online survey 1 year into the pandemic among members of Creo, Norway’s largest trade union in the music sector. Respondents ( N = 658) were to a large degree engaged in fight coping. Furthermore, seeking
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Charity begins with prosocial music: Musical differences in intertemporal prosocial discounting and generosity Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Mei Hong, Dapeng Liang, Teng Lu
It has been demonstrated that exposure to music with prosocial lyrics can increase the accessibility of prosocial thoughts, leading to greater empathy and fostering helping behaviors. However, existing studies have largely neglected the intertemporal nature of altruism, limiting their scope of interpretation. The present research investigates the effects of attentively listening to music with prosocial
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Current state and prospects of teaching-learning processes in music teacher education in Spain: a literature review Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Oscar Casanova, M. Cecilia Jorquera-Jaramillo, Rosa M. Serrano
The teaching-learning process, both in general and in the specialty of Music Education, has evolved and its explanatory models have become increasingly complex. In view of current challenges, it is relevant to analyse the elements that are considered necessary to train music teachers to become competent professionals. This study identifies characteristics found in specialised Spanish and international
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Five years in: a case study of an Australian early-career secondary school music teacher Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Jennifer Anne Robinson
Early-career secondary school music teachers navigate many challenges as they settle into the profession. These include consolidating their knowledge of subject content, gaining classroom confidence and honing skills in classroom management. In addition, their sense of belonging can be enhanced by working at collegial relationships within their faculty, across the school and feeling a part of the wider
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Improvisation pedagogy: what can be learned from off-task sounds and the art of the musical heckle? Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Jackie Walduck
A tension between freedom and constraint is characteristic of improvisation practice and pedagogy, presenting challenges for teachers/workshop leaders. To create musical focus in ensemble improvisation, some sounds are encouraged, whilst others are edited out, ignored or marginalised. This article investigates improvised sounds as central or subaltern, asking how marginal sounds such as musical ‘heckles’
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Hindustani raga and singer classification using 2D and 3D pose estimation from video recordings Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Martin Clayton, Jin Li, Alison Clarke, Marion Weinzierl
Using pose estimation with video recordings, we apply an action recognition machine learning algorithm to demonstrate the use of the movement information to classify singers and the ragas (melodic ...
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The Aversive Musical Experience Scale (AMES): Measuring individual differences in the intensity of music-evoked aversion Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Jonna K. Vuoskoski, Henna-Riikka Peltola
Strongly disliked music has the capacity to evoke strong negative emotions and physical sensations—at least in some listeners. Although previous (qualitative) studies on disliked music have provided valuable descriptions of listeners’ experiences, more generalizable approaches are needed for understanding individual differences in the intensity of music-evoked aversive experiences. This study set out
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The effects of a mindfulness meditation program on enhancing musical perception of time: A pilot study Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Berke Ankaç, Hakkı Cengiz Eren, Erkan Sülün
Mindfulness meditation practices have garnered a lot of popularity in recent years. Various psychological benefits of mindfulness meditation have been documented in a myriad of literature. In this pilot study, we evaluated the effectiveness of a short-term mindfulness training program on time-based musical perceptions of pre-service music teachers. Here, time-based perception entails the accurate perception
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Sound possibilities: listening for the new in early years music-making practices Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Ursula Crickmay
Posthumanism points towards a relational understanding of embodied processes of becoming musical in and with the world which readily combine with existing aspects of early years music practice. In ...
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How Does Increasing Contextual Interference in a Musical Practice Session Affect Acquisition and Retention? Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Thomas Mathias, Andrew Goldman
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of three schedules of practice on high-level violinists’ learning. The contextual interference (CI) effect occurs when two or more tasks are practiced in an interleaved manner, which has been shown to impair initial learning but improve retention. How a musician alternates between tasks during practice can have a great impact on learning. This
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Reverberations in music education: What does sound ‘do’ in our learning spaces ? Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-30 Carolyn Cooke
Bringing together literature from music education, posthumanism, sound studies and ethnomusicology, this article considers what sound ‘does’ in music education spaces. Within posthumanism, the role...
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Music-making for music teacher identity: perspectives from novice music teachers in South Korea Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Jihae Shin
Music teacher identity is constructed at the intersection between musician and teacher. This study investigated the meaning of music-making among Korean novice music teachers and its role in constructing music teacher identity. Five music teachers participated in this study, and I used two data collection methods, reflective journaling and individual interviews. The results showed that while playing
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Finnish music class studies and extracurricular playing in promoting grit and sisu, the inner fortitude: Reconceptualizing sisu as a predecessor of flow, growth and flourishing Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Katri Olander, Suvi Saarikallo
This article investigates musical grit and sisu, inner fortitude, as predecessors of flow, flourishing and personal growth. Grit has been identified as an important factor for success. Our aim was to increase knowledge of the benefits of intensified music education for building grit, resilience and fortitude. Data were collected with mixed methods in 2020 from two schools and 96 children. Surveys were
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Similarity of structures in popular music Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Benoît Corsini
The study of the similarity matrix of a song has been a particularly efficient technique to characterise song structures. This method transforms a song into a matrix representing the proximity betw...
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Evaluating the quality of posthuman music education research: diffracting quality criteria through response-ability Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Mari Ystanes Fjeldstad
Although encompassing a variety of research approaches, qualitative research in music education shares the assumption that reality is socially constructed; it takes this construction to be based on...
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Music teacher educator growth through Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (S-STEP) research Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Colleen Conway, Mike Vecchio, Rebekah Weaver
This paper describes music teacher educator growth during a Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (S-STEP) conducted over the course of one academic year. Research questions included: (a) How do the researchers describe the experience of conducting a S-STEP; and (b) What is the perceived impact of the S-STEP on our understanding of our students and the curriculum? Data included researcher journals
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A Grounded Theory of Early Preservice Music Teacher Identity Development Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-21 Nicole K. Ramsey, Heather Babb Graham, Tami J. Draves, Drew Brooks
The purpose of this grounded theory was to discover the process of undergraduate students’ music teacher identity development in the first 2 years of their preservice music education program. Participants in this study were 21 undergraduate students from an introduction to music education course. We collected multiple types of data, including interviews and written artifacts, from a course-based undergraduate