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Abstract
Music is an absorbing andstimulating activity. In the West,listening is the major form ofengagement, with the manycognitive and motor skillsassociated with musical instrumentplaying being achieved to a veryvaried standard, typically by only asmall proportion of the population.How does instrumental learning inthe Western context occur and whatshapes the degree of engagementand attainment?The discussion is informed bya 12-year biographical study of 160children traced from primarythrough to post-secondary schoolexperiences. The article suggeststhat more knowledge about socioemotionaland personal needs andforms of engagement arenecessary if we are to account forthe very varied nature of musicalengagement across Westernculture.
abstract = "Music is an absorbing andstimulating activity. In the West,listening is the major form ofengagement, with the manycognitive and motor skillsassociated with musical instrumentplaying being achieved to a veryvaried standard, typically by only asmall proportion of the population.How does instrumental learning inthe Western context occur and whatshapes the degree of engagementand attainment?The discussion is informed bya 12-year biographical study of 160children traced from primarythrough to post-secondary schoolexperiences. The article suggeststhat more knowledge about socioemotionaland personal needs andforms of engagement arenecessary if we are to account forthe very varied nature of musicalengagement across Westernculture.",
author = "Jane Davidson and Robert Faulkner and G. Mcpherson",
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Motivating musical learning
AU - Davidson, Jane
AU - Faulkner, Robert
AU - Mcpherson, G.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Music is an absorbing andstimulating activity. In the West,listening is the major form ofengagement, with the manycognitive and motor skillsassociated with musical instrumentplaying being achieved to a veryvaried standard, typically by only asmall proportion of the population.How does instrumental learning inthe Western context occur and whatshapes the degree of engagementand attainment?The discussion is informed bya 12-year biographical study of 160children traced from primarythrough to post-secondary schoolexperiences. The article suggeststhat more knowledge about socioemotionaland personal needs andforms of engagement arenecessary if we are to account forthe very varied nature of musicalengagement across Westernculture.
AB - Music is an absorbing andstimulating activity. In the West,listening is the major form ofengagement, with the manycognitive and motor skillsassociated with musical instrumentplaying being achieved to a veryvaried standard, typically by only asmall proportion of the population.How does instrumental learning inthe Western context occur and whatshapes the degree of engagementand attainment?The discussion is informed bya 12-year biographical study of 160children traced from primarythrough to post-secondary schoolexperiences. The article suggeststhat more knowledge about socioemotionaland personal needs andforms of engagement arenecessary if we are to account forthe very varied nature of musicalengagement across Westernculture.