To lay the foundations for lifelong musical practices, parents need to feel confident using music as a part of their everyday parenting. Music Early Learning Programs (MELPs) can empower parents to use music by laying the foundations for family-based active music-making. Little is known about why parents attend, however, what their aspirations are for their child’s musical engagement now and in the future, or how attendance shapes the way they use music at home. This study investigated parental beliefs, aspirations, and use of music in the home by five families and identified MELP structures that support parenting. The longitudinal case study approach drew on ethnographic methods of data collection. Reasons for attending MELPs were a high value for music, belief that music supports child development, enriched family relationships, and social support. Parental hopes and aspirations from attendance included laying the foundations for lifelong engagement with music. Six MELP structures shaped the way parents used music in the home: voice leading, repertoire, models of interaction, models of attunement and emotional regulation, music use to structure behavior, and models of improvisation. Parental use of MELP experiences at home included singing, music to regulate, and music to scaffold learning.

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通过音乐早期学习计划为终身家庭音乐实践奠定基础

为奠定终身音乐实践的基础，父母需要对使用音乐作为其日常育儿的一部分充满信心。音乐早期学习计划（MELP）可以为基于家庭的主动音乐制作奠定基础，从而使父母能够使用音乐。然而，对于父母为什么参加音乐，他们现在和将来对孩子的音乐交往的期望是什么，或者出勤如何影响他们在家中使用音乐的方式，人们所知甚少。这项研究调查了五个家庭的父母信仰，愿望和在家庭中使用音乐的情况，并确定了支持父母养育的MELP结构。纵向案例研究方法借鉴了人种学的数据收集方法。参加MELP的原因是音乐具有很高的价值，相信音乐有助于儿童成长，丰富的家庭关系，和社会支持。参加会议的父母希望和抱负包括为终身参与音乐打下基础。六个MELP结构决定了父母在家中使用音乐的方式：声音引导，曲目，互动模型，性格和情绪调节模型，音乐用于构造行为的模型和即兴模型。父母在家中使用MELP的经历包括唱歌，调节音乐和从支架学习音乐。