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Editorial Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-03-18
Published in Journal of New Music Research (Vol. 52, No. 1, 2023)
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Very low association between multidimensional musical environment exposure and musical perception skills among children: Evidence from a large multilevel cross-sectional study Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Hugo Cogo-Moreira, Anders Nordahl-Hansen
This study aimed to explore whether music perception is correlated with the load of exposure to musical activities in daily life, such as attending musical events, playing an instrument, attending music classes (at school or for a social project), and the time children spend listening to music using a non-experimental design. We are reusing data from the studies by Barros et al. and Cogo-Moreira &
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An online community of interns: Examining the music student teaching seminar in a virtual setting Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.163) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Christopher M Baumgartner, Kimberly H Councill, Phillip D Payne, Ruth Gurgel
Communities of Practice are integral as a network for engaging in regular interactions, sharing resources, and offering support. As online collegiate communities continue to expand, exploration of virtual courses—specifically, the music student teaching seminar—seems necessary. The purpose of this instrumental case study was to describe music student teachers’ (MSTs, N = 20) and instructors’ experiences
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Challenging approaches to music curricula and literacy today Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Hilary McQueen, Esther Cavett
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 26, No. 1, 2024)
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How Australian singers experienced disruption to choir participation caused by pandemic lockdowns: A thematic analysis Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Belinda Densley, Katrina Andrews, Trudi Flynn
Benefits of group singing participation have been well established and group singing through social prescription has attracted recent research attention. This study offers a unique participant perspective on the benefits of regular singing group engagement by exploring what happened when access was lost through COVID-19 lockdowns. Sixty adult singers, including five facilitators, who ceased singing
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Music consumption and uses in Japan Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Keegan Kok, Adrian C North, Takeshi Hamamura, Kongmeng Liew
This research investigates the relationship between music consumption and cultural dimensions within a Japanese context. Since Japan is the second largest music market globally, it is surprising that there is little focus on those factors often examined in cross-cultural research that might mean Western findings do not extrapolate well. A questionnaire using established measures of tightness–looseness
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Participatory online music creation as a crisis response: A qualitative case study Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Yingjie Zheng, Hui Zhang
Online participatory music creation provided an opportunity to build the public’s psychological resilience during the COVID-19 lockdown measures that led to widespread negative emotions on a societal level. This study explored how online participation in music creation as a crisis response contributes to the public’s mental health. The study employed a qualitative method that combines network ethnography
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Hidden diversity in the conservatoire: A qualitative enquiry into the experiences of higher education music students with disability Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.163) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Grace Thompson, Leon de Bruin, Monica Subiantoro, Anthea Skinner
Students undertaking higher education music degrees represent a rich tapestry of experiences, cultures and needs. However, equity and inclusion issues related to music students with disability in higher education are frequently addressed in generic ways, and without consultation or consideration of their unique requirements. With limited research available, this qualitative study within an Australian
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The characteristics of music video experiences and their relationship to future listening outcomes Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Johanna N Dasovich-Wilson, Marc Thompson, Suvi Saarikallio
Music videos are a popular method of consuming music; however, the characteristics of these experiences and their effects on music perception are poorly understood. An online survey ( N = 155) was designed using theoretical insight from Dasovich-Wilson et al.’s (2022) Intention Attention Reaction and Retention (IARR) framework. The survey consisted of two parts: the first explored the key characteristics
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Approaches to developing community: A survey of the perspectives of American female undergraduate prospective band directors Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.163) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Kate Fitzpatrick
Within the field of American secondary school wind band teaching, women have been historically and persistently underrepresented, making it important to consider ways to (1) expand pre-service teachers’ opportunities to engage with successful female band directors, and (2) to explore undergraduate women’s insights into becoming female band directors themselves. The purpose of this survey-based study
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College music students during COVID-19: Examining the moderating effect of access to resources and stability of living on the relationship between perceived social support and mental health Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Brian McGoldrick, Aaron Bradetich, Kris Chesky
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between perceived social support (PSS) and general mental health in collegiate music students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, perception of access to academic resources and stability of living was analyzed as a moderator in the relationship between PSS and general mental health. Participants completed a survey that included the Mental
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Music-related wellbeing as a teaching objective? A critical interpretive synthesis Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.163) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Silke Schmid
Educational researchers increasingly focus on psychosocial factors, implying the need for an improvement of school settings regarding child wellbeing. However, so far, studies which focus music-related wellbeing of primary school aged children are rare. The paper explores the essential question which empirically based frameworks offer concrete foundations for corresponding educational practices in
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Unlocking sound: New trends and innovations in intonation education over the past decade Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.163) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Hui Lu, Wee Hoe Tan, Ku Wing Cheong, Yuan Cong
Intonation education plays a crucial role in music education. However, research in this field is relatively scarce. To address this research gap, this review conducts a comprehensive analysis by extensively searching the SCOPUS, WoS, and ERIC databases using the keywords “music,” “education,” and “intonation,” resulting in 326 retrieved articles. After rigorous selection, 13 highly relevant articles
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The modal behaviour of a violin corpus Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Özge Akar, Kai Willner
Violins incorporate numerous interfaces and anisotropic behaviour due to natural materials. Hence, the modelling of these instruments is extremely complex. The present work investigates the structu...
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Ecosocial approach to music education Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Raisa Foster, Katja Sutela
Collective cultural transformation is needed to save the Earth from the growing effects of the human-caused environmental problems. Music education, too, can take part in preparing future generatio...
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Design for performability: a proposal for democratic redesign of the classical guitar Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Alkin Korkmaz, Owain Pedgley
Mastery of a musical instrument, including an ability to reach virtuosity in expression and performance, is commonly achieved through a lifelong commitment to practise. The specific instrument play...
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Music engagement for stress and anxiety in adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Katherine Zhang, Rina A Tabuchi, Kevin Zhang, Rachael Finnerty
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused heightened mental distress globally. The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate the impact of music engagement on stress and anxiety in adults during COVID-19. Thirteen articles were included, encompassing 9,893 adults and reporting on seven forms of music engagement: music listening, singing, playing an instrument, watching music
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Undergraduate jazz majors’ music identities: A multiple case study Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Daniel Healy, Daniel J. Albert
The past few decades have seen formal jazz degrees become more established in university music programs in the United States. As these universities strive to provide an exemplary education experience for jazz degree majors, it is especially important to thoughtfully inquire into the personal and environmental elements that led students to pursue a jazz degree. The purpose of this multiple case study
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Teaching and learning in music education – a meta-synthesis Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Karolina Fredriksson, Olle Zandén, Cecilia Wallerstedt
This article reports a meta-synthesis of 14 qualitative studies on how teachers can support students’ musical learning. The aim of the article is twofold: to (1) contribute to empirically grounded ...
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“I’ve Sat in Your Seat Before”: A Study of the Experiences of Three Black Women Music Educators Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.985) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Marjoris Regus, Kate R. Fitzpatrick, Sean Grier
This descriptive collective case study explored the experiences of three Black women music educators through the framework of community cultural wealth. Analysis of data collected through Seidman’s three-stage phenomenological interview model revealed three themes. The first, “path to teaching,” represented the formative experiences that shaped participants’ development, including a deep level of embodied
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‘Imagine you’re in the Opera House … ’ Learning nonverbal communication for the concert stage Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Olivia Urbaniak, Helen F. Mitchell
Top performers create stage magic through their command of nonverbal communication. While students aspire to the highest levels of performance, they may be unprepared for the intricacies of profess...
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Describing Engagement in the Collegiate Concert Band Rehearsal Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.985) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Ryan D. Shaw, David Hedgecoth, Andrew Bohn, Emily Moler Huddleston, Nathan Irby, Charles Oldenkamp, Gentry Ragsdale, Lorenzo L. Sánchez-Gatt, Austin D. Thomas
The purpose of this multiple case study was to investigate engagement in the collegiate concert band setting. Research questions were: (1) How do collegiate band students describe their engagement in large ensemble rehearsals? (2) How do collegiate band directors describe engagement in large ensemble rehearsals? and (3) What does rehearsal engagement look like in action? Cross-case analysis suggested
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‘Lowering the bar’ or widening access? Reflections on key findings from a music literacy project commissioned by the Society for Music Analysis Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Hilary McQueen, Esther Cavett
In 2019 the Society for Music Analysis commissioned a report to find out if stakeholders in music education agreed that knowledge and/or skills in music literacy had declined for those applying to ...
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Phonetics as a means of nationalising art songs: a comparative music-phonetics study based on Zhao Yuanren’s New Poetry Collection Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 W. Xiaoyu, X. Ying, L. Shilin, R. Xiubo, Y. Dan, Y. Xinran, L. Junrui, D. Jinjing, X. Qiujian
This study investigates the dynamic equilibrium between music and language within art songs, as exemplified in Zhao Yuanren's New Poetry Collection. Zhao Yuanren, a modern musician with a strong ba...
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Theory and practice of higher-order frequency modulation synthesis Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Victor Lazzarini, Joseph Timoney
Frequency modulation (FM) and phase modulation (PM) are well-known synthesis methods, which have been deployed widely in musical instruments. In this paper, we analyse the design of stacked FM synt...
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Poverty, adolescent males, and singing: A profile of schools in Bogotá, Colombia Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.163) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Patrick K Freer
The purpose of this study was to gather and explicate the narratives of adolescent males in Bogotá, Colombia about their experiences in school choral music instruction. The data were analyzed to explore the participants’ reasons for continued or discontinued participation in school-based singing activity. There were twelve participants, ages 12 to 17 years, representing four schools with music program
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The aesthetics of deconstruction: neural synthesis of transformation matrices using GANs on multichannel polyphonic MIDI data Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Philon Nguyen, Eldad Tsabary
Deconstruction, a concept that originated from French philosopher Jacques Derrida's post-structuralist theories, has significantly influenced architecture and graphic design. It has evolved into a ...
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Analysis of triadic interaction between parents, their preterm infants, and a sonorous object Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 María Jánez-Álvarez, Iván Moreno-Llanos, Cristina Santacatalina-Pulido, Yinay José De León-Barrios, Eduardo García-Laredo, María Jesús Del Olmo-Barros, Cintia Rodríguez-Garrido
In the period between birth and approximately 9 months, adults introduce infants to triadic (adult–infant–object) communication. The objective of this study is to explore how early triadic interactions arise and develop in moderate–late preterm infants. We observed and analyzed seven preterm infants at 2, 3, and 4 months of age in triadic interactions with a caregiver and a sonorous object. In the
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Self-efficacy and music performance: A meta-analysis Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Michael S Zelenak
While self-efficacy is known to play an important role in music performance, the magnitudes of reported effect sizes are inconsistent. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to estimate the population effect size for (a) the relationship between self-efficacy and achievement, (b) the relationship between self-efficacy and music performance anxiety (MPA), and (c) the influence of self-efficacy interventions
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Tones shape notes: The realization of lexical tones in Chaozhou songs Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Xi Zhang
In tone languages where pitch is used to distinguish word meanings, questions arise about how tonal pitch is preserved in singing. While most studies focus on tone-melody matching by examining pitch changes between tones/notes, the pitch change of tones realized within individual notes is less investigated. This article explores how singers realized tones when singing in Chaozhou, a Southern Chinese
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The Effect of Memory and Presentation Mode in Melodic Error Detection Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.985) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Bryan E. Nichols, Logan Barrett
Previous research has variably indicated the role of working memory in error detection by which working memory played a role in rhythmic error detection but not melodic error detection. Here, we devised a longer melodic error detection task for college musicians in an auditory, rather than visual, condition using classical excerpts, which we compared to briefer visual and auditory control conditions
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Borderline personality disorder symptoms relationship with music use: Investigating the role of music preferences and functions of music Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Karolina Kowalewska, Rafał Lawendowski, Karol Karasiewicz
Music preferences are molded with numerous personality variables, yet, this relation, as assumed in the study, may be mediated by functions of music expressing the psychological needs of the listener. Not many studies are devoted to the music preferences of listeners with personality disorders, whereas, none investigate this topic among people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). A correlational
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The potential of group music education for developing empathy: An empirical study Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Laura Cuervo, Emilia Campayo
This study examines the effect on students’ empathy of using group music activities based on composition and improvisation strategies. The research was carried out over a 9-month period using a pre–posttest control group quasi-experimental design. Sixty-three students took part in the study: 32 in the experimental group and 31 in the control group. The Interpersonal Reactivity Index scale was used
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Music literacy and the instrumental teacher Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Mary Stakelum
In a report commissioned by the Society for Music Analysis to address a gap in music literacy, McQueen (2020) identified instrumental teachers as an important part of music education both within sc...
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Epilogue Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Esther Cavett, Hilary McQueen
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 26, No. 1, 2024)
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Teaching music theory in UK higher education today: contexts and commentaries Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Tom Attah, Esther Cavett, Byron Dueck, Sue Miller, Lauren Redhead
This multi-authored article offers accounts of how programmes for teaching music theory within the Western-notated tradition were created in two UK higher education institutions. These accounts are...
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“‘A huge man is bursting out of a rock’”: bodies, motion, and creativity in verbal reports of musical connotation Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Mihailo Antović, Mats B. Küssner, Adrian Kempf, Diana Omigie, Sarah Hashim, Andrea Schiavio
The present study proposes a new approach to musical referentiality and its alleged tendency to relate to bodily experience and movement. To address this, we collected a corpus of 38,587 words (2,2...
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Introduction Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Mary Stakelum, Christopher Tarrant
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 26, No. 1, 2024)
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The shifting sands of UK secondary music curricula: problematising relationships between aural training and music literacy Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Rebekah Donn, Bryden Stillie, Zack Moir
This article, which is intended as a contribution to wider conversations around music literacy, explores current conceptions of music literacy within the UK, using the area of aural skills training...
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Knowledge and social justice in English school music education: reflections on the report ‘Questioning the gap in music literacy’ (McQueen 2020) Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Gary Spruce
This article explores some of the intersections and relationships between ‘knowledge' and ‘social justice' particularly as manifest in the context of English school music education. It takes as its...
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Review of music literacy strand of the Oxford Music Analysis Conference (July 2023), Society for Music Analysis Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Rebekah Donn, Daniel Elphick
This review provides a summary and discussion of the ‘Music Literacy’ strand (day 1) of the Society for Music Analysis's OxMAC conference (University of Oxford, July 2023). The review highlights ho...
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Digital music and critical music literacy Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Paul Louth
The Society of Music Analysis report indicated that digital music often sits uncomfortably within a curriculum where the main focus is on the non-digital. This article takes as its starting point a...
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Please mind the gap: reflecting on gender inequality in music higher education, one year on from Slow Train Coming Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Elizabeth H. MacGregor
Published in Music Education Research (Vol. 26, No. 1, 2024)
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Predictors of work engagement in professional musicians during the COVID-19 pandemic Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Mădălina Dana Rucsanda, Cristina Radu-Giurgiu, Alexandra Belibou, Ana-Maria Cazan
While the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 crisis is impacting many areas of society, some professions are more affected by the COVID-19 pandemic than others, especially by the feeling of insecurity about future working conditions. The present research was conducted during the pandemic and assesses the extent to which musicians’ desire to develop professionally, their work engagement and their motivation
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Calling the tune in maladaptive daydreaming: The impact of music on the experience of compulsive fantasizing Psychology of Music (IF 1.904) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Eli Somer
This study aimed to shed light on the role of music in maladaptive daydreaming (MD), a psychological condition characterized by excessive, immersive daydreaming that interferes with well-being and functioning. Forty-one individuals with probable MD participated in asynchronous in-depth email interviews. A thematic analysis yielded three themes describing the role of music in MD. Two homogeneous themes
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Self-regulation in online string instrument lessons: Motivation, social interaction and learning environment Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.163) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Dora Utermohl de Queiroz, Clarissa Foletto, Guadalupe López-Íñiguez, Luís Pedro
This article investigates selected processes of self-regulated learning (SRL) in online string instrument lessons. We explore: (i) the factors that motivate teachers and students to commence and maintain online teaching and learning, (ii) the synchronous and asynchronous social interactions that occur between teachers, students and peers and (iii) the structuring of the online/physical learning environment
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The inhibition of musicality: Perspectives of piano teachers in Malaysia and Singapore Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.163) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Kathryn Ang, Hui Ling Khoo, Albi Odendaal
In South East Asia, a nexus of social conditions influences private music education, creating situations where students’ musical development could be neglected or actively impaired. Such musical inhibition has not been widely researched nor well understood. This basic qualitative research study aims to explore how twelve private studio teachers in Singapore and the Klang Valley of West Malaysia understand
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Blurred lines and queered spaces: an examination of teachers’ visions of multi-styles curricula Music Education Research (IF 1.437) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 George Nicholson, Matthew Rotjan
Multi-styles string education includes musical practices from close to 30 identified styles. Adding the multi-styles approach into curriculum may not be easy: Pedagogies may be different from those...
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Bibliometric study of scientific production in music education from 2000 to 2022 Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.163) Pub Date : 2024-01-13 Judith Sánchez-Marroquí, Gregorio Vicente-Nicolás
The main aim of this study is to quantify and analyse scientific production on music education in different databases (WoS, Scopus, Dimensions and Lens) between 2000 and 2022. The selected sample comprises 17,373 articles, 3,394 journals, 23,145 authors and 23,473 keywords. A descriptive and inferential analysis of scientific output and structural analyses was performed using bibliometric techniques
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Teaching free improvisation: European higher music education teachers’ conceptual tools Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.163) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Una M. MacGlone, Guro Gravem Johansen
In higher music education (HME) contexts, free improvisation is currently a rapidly evolving field across musical genres. Previous research indicates that teaching and learning improvisation can be challenging, depending on students’ experience and how improvised music-making is facilitated, but few studies address free improvisation in HME. Our study has explored this field by utilising qualitative
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Enjoyment of music and GCSE uptake: survey findings from three North East schools in England Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.179) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Helen Whitford, Dimitra Kokotsaki
In recent years, music education has seen a decline in the number of students choosing to continue their studies at Key Stage 4 (14- to 16-year-old students) and choose music as a GCSE option in England. Whilst the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), a school performance measure which excludes the arts, has come under much scrutiny as to its impact on school music, enjoyment and the perceived importance
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Making space for singing in the 21st century classroom – A focus group interview study with primary school music teachers in Sweden Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.179) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Eva Bojner Horwitz, David Thorarinn Johnson, Viveka Lyberg-Åhlander, Birgitta Sahlén, Petri Laukka, Pia Bygdéus
The present study aimed to increase understanding of how singing activities may be initiated in primary school, and what support and assistance teachers require to conduct singing activities as an integrated part of the school day. Five music teachers participated in a focus group interview. The following main themes were identified: 1) pedagogical and methodological flexibility, 2) the role of routines
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Students’ attitudes to school music and perceived barriers to GCSE music uptake: a phenomenographic approach Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.179) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Dimitra Kokotsaki, Helen Whitford
The study aimed to investigate how students in lower secondary schools in England perceive the subject of music in terms of its importance and enjoyment. Following findings from the first survey phase of the project, it specifically sought to shed light on the reasons why the majority of students decide not to choose music as one of their optional subjects at GCSE level. The paper presents interview
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An investigation into the factors influencing teachers’ inclusion of improvisation in piano lessons Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.179) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Catherine Cossey
Despite the evidence of the benefits of improvisation in instrumental teaching, research indicates that many piano teachers do not include it in their lessons. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences on piano teachers’ pedagogy to determine what factors impacted the teaching of improvisation. A total of 117 UK-based piano teachers participated in the survey. The data obtained indicates
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‘It blew my mind’. Creating spaces for integrating creativity, electroacoustic music and digital competencies for student teachers Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.179) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Jesús Tejada, Adolf Murillo, Borja Mateu-Luján
This exploratory study describes the design and implementation of a sound-based intervention in the initial training of specialist music teachers at a Spanish university. It aimed to create spaces geared towards more creative and contemporary approaches to musical learning in order to gauge the perceptions of trainee teachers regarding this kind of approach. The intervention (45 h of class time) was
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Rethinking pedagogic identities for Key Stage 3 general classroom music teacher education: an autoethnographic study Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.179) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Ian James Axtell
My role as a university-based, general classroom music teacher educator in England has become unclear, exacerbated by policies that have undermined the field of classroom music in schools and the role of universities in teacher education. Using self-critical inquiry enacted as critically reflexive autoethnography, I interrogated my professional practice to rethink my pedagogic identity. Theoretical
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Editorial Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Johanna Devaney, David Meredith
Published in Journal of New Music Research (Vol. 51, No. 4-5, 2022)
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Entropy, pitch, and noise: organisation and disorganisation in the perception of closure for different types of spectra Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Luca Danieli, Matthias Frank
In this article, we develop a hypothesis on the role of spectral entropy in conveying a sensation of termination for short musical fragments. We tested the hypothesis in an experiment presenting sp...
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AMMRI: a computational assessment tool for music novices’ replication and improvisation tasks Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Roger T. Dean, Anthony Chmiel, Madeleine Radnan, John R. Taylor, Jennifer MacRitchie
We present computational analyses of musical performances during 12-months study by novice participants aged 65–80. They learned two instruments (an electronic piano keyboard; the iPad app ThumbJam...
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Structural Segmentation and Labelling of Tabla Solo Performances Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 R. Gowriprasad, R. Aravind, Hema A. Murthy
Tabla is a North Indian percussion instrument that serves as both an accompaniment and a captivating solo instrument. Tabla solo is intricate and elaborate, exhibiting rhythmic evolution through a ...