The purpose of this narrative study is to explain the role that musicking plays in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic for 11 South African musicians. The research question is: How do the stories of 11 South African musicians explain the role that musicking plays in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic? There have been studies on how music helps in therapeutic and everyday settings, but there has been limited research on the role musicking plays in coping with pandemics. The 11 author-participants in the study have lived through this pandemic, and their stories served as the data. We used a narrative coding scheme to enable co-coding. Our findings are a collaborative interpretation of our analyses and are represented as a fictionalized dialogue. This dialogue revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic had a range of psychological effects on the participant researchers. Musicking contributed to proactive and reactive coping strategies, including listening to music actively, making music with others virtually and in their homes, finding solidarity through engaging with musical icons, allowing them to connect with others, escape, focus, relax, and find hedonic well-being and hope. Further research will be needed to understand the roles musicking may play in coping with pandemics.

这项叙事研究的目的是解释音乐在应对 11 位南非音乐家的 COVID-19 大流行中所起的作用。研究问题是：11 位南非音乐家的故事如何解释音乐在应对 COVID-19 大流行中的作用？已经有关于音乐如何在治疗和日常环境中发挥作用的研究，但对音乐在应对流行病中所起的作用的研究却很有限。该研究的 11 位作者-参与者经历了这场大流行，他们的故事成为了数据。我们使用了叙事编码方案来实现共同编码。我们的发现是对我们分析的协作解释，并表现为虚构的对话。这次对话表明，COVID-19 大流行对参与的研究人员产生了一系列心理影响。Musicking 有助于主动和被动的应对策略，包括积极听音乐，在家里和其他人虚拟地制作音乐，通过与音乐偶像的互动来寻求团结，让他们与他人联系，逃避、专注、放松并找到享乐——存在与希望。需要进一步研究以了解音乐在应对流行病中可能发挥的作用。