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Achievements, difficulties, and goals of the Spanish Society for Music Education (SEM-EE): A phenomenological study Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2025-02-07 Ana Álamo Orellana, Marta Martínez-Rodríguez
The Spanish Society for Music Education ( Sociedad para la Educación Musical del Estado Español, SEM-EE in its Spanish acronym), has been dedicated to music education for almost half a century. Even so, it is currently difficult to find studies on its activity or impact. The aim of this study is to learn about the achievements, difficulties, and goals for SEM-EE that have emerged along the way and
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A new look at the potential links between music practice, empathy, and prosociality Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Dorothée Morand-Grondin, Beatriz Oliveira, Floris T van Vugt, Simon Rigoulot
Engaging in music practice is often assumed to increase empathy and prosociality. However, data in support of this relationship are limited, leaving unclear which components of empathy (cognitive empathy, emotional contagion, and emotional disconnection) and prosocial behaviors, if any, would be affected. Here, we recruited musicians with more than 2 years of musical experience ( n = 80) and nonmusicians
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Beat perception in polyrhythms is influenced by spontaneous motor tempo, musicianship, and played musical style Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Jan Stupacher, Cecilie Møller, Alexandre Celma-Miralles, Peter Vuust
No two people perceive the same music alike. This may apply especially to polyrhythms, which consist of two or more rhythms with indivisible regular pulses, such as three over four (3:4). Either of these pulses can be perceived as the underlying beat. Previously, we showed that people naturally tap along to pulses that can be subdivided into groups of two or four equally spaced units (i.e., binarized
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High school music teachers’ attitudes and practices regarding culturally responsive teaching in musical theatre production Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2025-01-23 Apinporn Chaiwanichsiri
Cultural awareness is crucial in fostering inclusive and authentically representative musical theatre productions in today’s diverse educational landscape. I designed this study to examine U.S. music teachers’ attitudes, perspectives, and the integration of strategies related to culturally responsive teaching (CRT) into their high school musical theatre productions, including the challenges they encounter
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Spontaneous motor tempo modulates the effect of music tempo on arousal levels Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-18 Kyoko Hine, Koki Abe, Shigeki Nakauchi
Music tempo affects listeners’ mental state, especially arousal levels. However, several studies have demonstrated that the effect of music tempo on arousal while listening to music can be modulated by individual differences, such as the pace of mental activity, that is, spontaneous motor tempo (SMT). Thus, SMT is a candidate factor that affects the relationship between music tempo and arousal. Here
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Thank you for the music: Music as a social surrogate that protects against social threats Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-18 Elaine Paravati, Esha Naidu, Shira Gabriel
Social need fulfillment is imperative to well-being, leading to a strong motivation to ensure that social needs are met. The social surrogacy hypothesis proposes that individuals may use non-human social targets, including television characters, books, or comfort foods, to address social needs. The current work sought to examine the social surrogacy hypothesis in the domain of music. Utilizing both
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“A space to be myself ”: Music and self-determination in the lives of autistic adults Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-17 Kaja Korošec, Anna Backman Bister, Eva Bojner Horwitz
Despite many decades of academic interest in music and autism, we know little about what music means to autistic adults and how they experience it. The few existing studies lack a common theoretical basis and are therefore difficult to compare and integrate. To address this gap, we investigated whether Self-Determination Theory can be used as a common framework for understanding the functions of music
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Psychiatric diagnoses of professional musicians: Results of an outpatient service specializing in musicians’ health Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-17 Isabel Fernholz, Christian Hering, Hagen Kunte, Jennifer Mumm, Andreas Ströhle, Alexander Schmidt, Antonia Bendau, Jens Plag
Professional musicians are often confronted with multiple profession-related stressors, which may be associated with an increased risk of mental strain, but empirical evidence focusing on clinical samples of musicians is limited. The aim of this study was to examine clinically confirmed mental disorders and personality accentuations in musicians attending a musician-specific outpatient service, to
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Meta-analysis on the effects of music participation on social and emotional measures across the lifespan Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-17 Patrick K Cooper
The purpose of this study was to conduct a random-effects meta-analysis to measure the overall mean effect of music participation on social and emotional measures in participants across the lifespan. Results showed small to medium overall effects ( N = 18,564, k = 56, g = .23, p < .0001, 95% confident interval = [.16, .29]), indicating subjects who participated in music had better scores on social
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From structural listening to daydreaming: Listening modes influence the individual experience in live concerts Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-17 Christian Weining, Deborah Meier, Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann, Martin Tröndle
Listening modes are often ignored in music perception research, especially when it comes to the supposedly attentive listening situation of a classical concert. The audience members’ various ways of listening, understood as the directedness of activity toward different dimensions of sound, is hypothesized to play a key role in the experience of live music. We assessed listening activity of participants
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The Case for QuantCrit: An Analysis of Race and Gender in the Journal of Research in Music Education Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-10 Saleel Adarkar Menon, Anne Martin, Andrew Bohn
The Journal of Research in Music Education ( JRME) is an important resource in music education with a history of eminence in publication, citation, and influence on research trends and practices. Recent qualitative research appearing in the JRME has demonstrated a nuanced focus on the relevance of race and gender and marginalized perspectives within music education. This led us to question whether
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The cognitive and emotional content of music-evoked autobiographical memories in older adults Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-09 Teresa Lesiuk, Giulia Ripani
Music can play a significant role in mitigating cognitive deficits in aging adults. When music is long known and has an emotional significance (i.e., autobiographical music), it can trigger memories of past experiences (i.e., Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memories, MEAMs). In this study, we examined the cognitive and emotional content of MEAMs when older adults listened to autobiographical music. To
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Please don’t stop the music! A new look at the performance anxiety of musicians with the model of excellencism and perfectionism Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-08 Patrick Racine, Samuel Vachon Laflamme, Patrick Gaudreau, Frédéric Langlois
Musicians have normalized performance anxiety (PA) to be part of their musical career. Perfectionism has been proposed as a possible personality risk factor for PA. Although perfectionistic concerns have been consistently positively correlated to PA, results have been inconsistent for perfectionistic standards. This inconsistency is potentially attributable to the fact that past studies did not differentiate
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Online curriculum marketplaces and music education: A critical analysis of music activities on TeachersPayTeachers.com Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2025-01-04 Emmett J O’Leary, Julie K Bannerman
TeachersPayTeachers.com is an online marketplace where sellers offer learning activities, lesson plans, decorations, and related materials for use in school classrooms. The marketplace includes thousands of music education materials that are used by teachers throughout the United States. The purpose of this study was to explore the content of what is sold, who is selling materials on the platform,
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2024 Senior Researcher Award Acceptance Address: Perspectives that the Passage of Time Allows Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-04 Christopher M. Johnson
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Introduction to the 2024 Senior Researcher Award Acceptance Address Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2025-01-03 Wendy L. Sims
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Gender representation in undergraduate music technology education: case studies from Aotearoa/New Zealand Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2025-01-03 Catherine Hoad, Henry Johnson, Megan Rogerson-Berry, Oli Wilson, Josh Ellery
This article explores the relationship between gender inequities in undergraduate music technology education and the widespread imbalances that permeate the professional music technology workforce. We present evidence concerning the relationship between tertiary training and industry outcomes by focusing on three music technology degree-level offerings in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In doing so, we critically
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The integration of musical contents in the classroom of the second cycle of early childhood education Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-12-27 Oliver Curbelo-González, Paula Hernández-Dionis, Cristina Martín Sanz, David Pérez-Jorge
Numerous studies have demonstrated the substantial advantages of integrating music education into the overall development of students, particularly in early childhood education. This integration allows for combining music education with various curriculum areas, utilizing its playful and motivating nature as a practical methodological tool for developing a wide range of skills. This study examines
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The development of a resistance to school music scale Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-24 Alican Gülle, Nezaket Bilge Uzun, Cenk Akay
This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool measuring secondary school students’ resistance to school music. Construct and content validity studies based on expert reviews, principal component analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, convergent validity, divergent validity, and Horn’s parallel analysis were conducted to provide additional evidence within the scope of the study
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The important role of self in cross-cultural investigations of affective experiences with music Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-24 Jonathan Tang
In the last decade, the construct of ‘culture’ was featured very prominently in music cognition research. However, researchers have adopted a narrow conceptualisation and a limited repertoire of methodologies when investigating ‘culture’. The purpose of this article is to expand on recommendations of Jacoby et al. and propose a novel approach to cross-cultural investigations of affective experiences
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Connecting the Social and the Musical: A Longitudinal Study of Swedish Preservice Music Teachers’ Social Positionings Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-12-24 Carina Borgström Källén, Monica Lindgren
In this article, we explore identity construction in specialist music teacher education. In this longitudinal study, we followed 11 preservice music teachers through their education for five years, 2016 to 2021, in a music teacher training program directed toward upper secondary schools in Sweden. For decades, music education researchers have identified tension between the music teacher and musician
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Educating Ungrounded Values: Interrogating Political Versus Academic Epistemologies in Music Teacher Education Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-12-24 Lauren Kapalka Richerme
All music education endeavors depend on the hierarchical ordering of values. Although philosophical researchers have considered which values should inform music education practices, both the nature of values and possible epistemologies or ways of thinking about values have gone largely unexamined in the music education literature. The twofold purpose of this philosophical inquiry is to examine differences
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Early twentieth-century recordings in higher music education: a preliminary analysis of the students’ views Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-23 Massimo Zicari, Michele Biasutti
This article examines how classical music students understand early twentieth-century recordings in higher music education. A qualitative research method was chosen to investigate the beliefs and self-reported practices of 16 students enrolled in a European conservatoire, whose attitudes were considered through the administration of a semi-structured questionnaire and an interview. Their responses
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Singing interventions in depression: A scoping review Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-19 Yaming Wei, Wenjia Zheng, Qianqi Fan, Xiaomei Zhang
The growing prevalence of depression, a major global health problem, has led to the exploration of complementary treatments such as singing, which can provide emotional healing and psychological support. Singing interventions are known for their universal appeal and potential neurobiological and psychosocial benefits. This review analyzes 11 studies from 2013 to 2023, revealing singing’s efficacy in
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Teaching artists or live performers? Early careers after a Jazz Master’s graduation in French-speaking Switzerland Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-12-19 Hélène Widmann, Marc Perrenoud, Angelika Güsewell, Marc Audétat
This article presents the results of the “Jazz Alumni” survey conducted in 2022 on the career beginnings of the musicians who obtained a jazz master’s degree at HEMU—Haute école de musique in French-speaking Switzerland between 2011 and 2017. Based on a mixed-methods diachronic approach, the study included 45 graduates (38 men and 7 women). Like most performing artists, they experience professional
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An investigation of earworms and obsessive–compulsive traits using experience sampling and retrospective methods Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-18 Callula Killingly, Daniel Bielinski, Philippe Lacherez
Having a song ‘stuck’ in the head – an earworm – is a curious cognitive phenomenon frequently experienced among the general population. The intrusive and involuntary nature of earworms has led to recent survey studies investigating their potential link with obsessive–compulsive (OC) traits. However, those higher in OC traits may tend to self-report more earworms and evaluate their episodes less positively
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The effects of sad music: Moderating role of cognitive reappraisal Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-18 Oliver Herdson, Matilda Minchin, Holly Parker, Selina Muller, Amir-Homayoun Javadi
Seemingly paradoxically, sad music has exhibited potential in improving mood in individuals, as well as being detrimental to mood and indicative of maladaptive behaviours concerning emotion regulation. Research suggests that different adaptive and maladaptive behaviours underlie sad music listening. Therefore, we explored if cognitive reappraisal (CR) was an effective tool for promoting mood enhancement
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The effect of a practice checklist on performance achievement, practice time, focal practice areas, and practice strategies of collegiate non-music majors enrolled in a beginning “Danso,” Korean traditional wind instrument class Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-12-18 Su-Young Bae, Sumi Kwon, Jee-Ye Lee
This study investigated the effects of a practice checklist on performance achievement, practice time, focal practice areas—the key musical elements students focused on during practice—and practice strategies among non-music major South Korean college students learning the Danso, a traditional Korean wind instrument. Ninety-six students participated, with 46 in the experimental group using a practice
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Trauma-sensitive teaching: Supporting refugee students through music education Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-12-18 Kelly Lin
Refugee children are a significant part of contemporary Canadian classrooms. Children who have fled their homes as refugees have experienced trauma and bear the effects of it socially, emotionally and academically. My study identifies trauma-sensitive strategies that music educators in Ontario are using to support refugee students from kindergarten to Grade 8. Through three semi-structured interviews
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Creating affordances for families with young children: Experiences of music education in social work Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-12-18 Laura Huhtinen-Hildén, Sanna Kivijärvi, Minna Elomaa-Krapu, Anna-Maria Isola
The current research examines the possibilities of music education in supporting the well-being of families living in demanding life situations. The context for the study is Family Sound Hammock, a 3-year research and development project that took place in the metropolitan area of Finland from 2020 to 2023. The project aimed at systematically supporting the well-being of families especially by strengthening
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Rhythmic entrainment of heart rate as a mechanism for musical emotion induction: A plausible hypothesis in need of evidence? Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-17 Patrik N Juslin, Laszlo Harmat, Gonçalo Barradas, Gustaf Omstedt, Veronica Redtzer
Several researchers have hypothesized that a musical rhythm can influence a listener’s heart rate through a process of entrainment and that this mechanism can influence the emotional feelings of the listener also. However, previous research has yielded mixed results, perhaps due to methodological problems. In this study, we independently manipulated the tempo of pieces of ambient instrumental music
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Standing in the spotlight: The interplay of music performance anxiety, perfectionism, and fear of negative evaluation in conservatory musicians Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-17 B. Göktürk Gök, Özden Yalçınkaya-Alkar
Music performance anxiety (MPA) is an age-old phenomenon well known to musicians. It is a feeling of unease and apprehension that can manifest itself in various forms – from mild discomfort to intense anxiety – when musicians are preparing to perform or are actively performing. MPA can arise from many different sources, including perfectionism and fear of negative evaluation (FNE). Drawing upon a sample
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The leaky pipeline: gender ratios in UK brass playing Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Eleanor Guénault, Jane Ginsborg, John Habron-James
Recent research has explored gender ratios in orchestras but not specifically in brass playing, a historically masculine field. Three studies investigated gender ratios in a variety of brass-playing situations. Public domain and questionnaire data were analysed using descriptive statistics, and a chi-square test found a significant effect of instrument size on gender ratios. The highest percentage
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‘NAOUIEDCT’ and ‘RCSSEOEUR’: harmonising complexity in the South African landscape of music literacy education in secondary schools Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-12 Ronella Jansen van Rensburg, Ronel De Villiers
This article explores the multifaceted landscape of music literacy education in South African secondary schools through an anagrammatic lens. Music literacy education is symbolised by the anagrams ‘NAOUIEDCT’ and ‘RCSSEOEUR’, encapsulating resource-related, cultural and pedagogical complexities. This comparison of music literacy education to anagrams creates an interesting analogy that can shed light
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Laptop computer as instrument in music performance lessons: issues and opportunities Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-11 Kristian Tverli Iversen, David G. Hebert
In the 21st century, we are increasingly exposed to music created entirely on computers. This article shows how pioneering music teachers approach the challenge of teaching music on the laptop computer in the context of one-to-one musical instrument lessons. Interviews and observations with five laptop teachers in Norwegian secondary schools enabled the authors to explore characteristic challenges
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Knowing ‘how to create’ in order to know ‘how to teach’? Perceptions and conditioning of Spanish music teachers in secondary education Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-10 Vicente Castro-Alonso, Rocío Chao-Fernández
Music teachers in secondary education tend to undervalue the professional competence of creating music, in response to educational models that prioritise the development of musical interpretation skills. The aim of this research is to identify the factors that contribute to this belief among teachers in Spain, by analysing the results of the Professional Competences of the Music Teacher questionnaire
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Musical Counterstories: Racialized Experiences of Asian/Asian American Music Teachers Journal of Research in Music Education (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-12-06 Joshua Palkki, Betina Hsieh, Carlos A. Fitch
Despite being the fastest growing population in the United States and a part of many music education programs, Asian and Asian American (AAM) music teachers’ voices often are unheard in music education discourses. The purpose of this study was to begin bringing visibility to the experiences of AAM music educators. The research questions explored in this article are: How do AAM music teachers describe
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Harmonic expectancy violations: Testing the effects of familiarity, lead-in time, and ecological validity Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-05 Claire Arthur
In this article, the impact of three experimental parameters in a harmonic expectancy study are evaluated: stimulus duration (specifically the lead-in time prior to an unexpected event), ecological validity of the stimulus (original recording vs. piano only), and familiarity. This article also presents a novel experimental paradigm for detecting expectancy violations in a real-time listening context
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Career challenges: an exploration into potential barriers faced by Scottish emerging composers Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-05 Jill Morgan
This article explores the potential barriers for emerging composers to constructing and maintaining a career in the field of composition in Scotland, viewed through the lens of both those early in their careers and the experience of others who have worked professionally for many years. Thirty-nine composers responded to a survey that highlighted the role of educational mentoring, the need for monetary
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Using the model of generative change to facilitate informal music learning Br. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-12-04 Katy Ieong Cheng Ho Weatherly
This Participatory Action Research (PAR) investigates the integration of informal music learning in Macau’s educational context, guided by the Model of Generative Change (Ball, 2009). Engaging the participating college students (N = 41), this study explores how learners perceive the formal–informal learning continuum (Folkestad, 2006) through the four stages of informal learning experiences: awakening
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Exploring intra-contextual influences in music emotion perception Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-30 Sanga Chaki, Priyadarshi Patnaik, Junmoni Borgohain, Raju Mullick, Gouri Karambelkar, Sourangshu Bhattacharya
Context is one of the key parameters influencing music emotion perception in listeners. The current study systematically investigates the influence of immediate intrinsic musical context on the perception of music-evoked emotions. Four dominantly happy and four dominantly sad Hindustani classical music excerpts were chosen and rated for perceived emotions in two types of listening experiments. In the
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The support of autonomy, motivation, and music practice in university music students: A self-determination theory perspective Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-30 Arielle Bonneville-Roussy, Paul Evans
Practice may be the single most important activity that musicians can use to improve their performance. Yet practice requires significant effort and can sometimes feel difficult or unenjoyable. For this reason, substantial motivational resources are required to sustain consistent, high-quality practice over long periods. In this study, we used self-determination theory to study the kinds of motivation
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Burning out, fading away, and the sophomore slump: Critics’ versus fans’ ratings of music artists’ album quality over time Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-27 Gregory D. Webster, Lysann Zander
Folk psychology posits that music artists’ first albums are considered their best, whereas later albums draw fewer accolades, and that artists’ second albums are considered worse than their first—a phenomenon called the “sophomore slump.” This work is the first large-scale multi-study attempt to test changes in album quality over time and whether a sophomore slump bias exists. Study 1 examined music
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The use of music in the daily care of an infant: Exploring a mother’s experience during the COVID-19 pandemic Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-18 Maria Papazachariou-Christoforou
This study investigates how a first-time Cypriot mother used music in caring for her infant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Limited research has been done about musical parenting during this time, highlighting the importance of this single case study. For 5 months, the mother-participant engaged in an online musical parenting program, which aimed to increase knowledge regarding the use of music and movement
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Extension of the 3 × 2 achievement goal model to university concert band performance Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-11-16 Emily G Rossin
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the 3 × 2 achievement goal model describes the goal orientations of university band students in two performance contexts. Students ( N = 183) enrolled in four concert band ensembles at two universities completed a goal orientation questionnaire, once in reference to personal music performance goals and once in reference to music performance
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Positive musical performance feedback facilitates general self-efficacy and choice of solo performance Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-14 Weronika Molińska, Joanna Rajchert
This study investigates the impact of positive or negative performance evaluations on general self-efficacy and subsequent choice of a solo or group performance among professional musicians ( N = 53; women 58.2%, men 36.4%, non-binary 5.5%). Participants completed personality questionnaires, sight-read an unfamiliar musical piece, received computer-generated feedback, and reported post-manipulation
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Examining how brief mindfulness training influences communication within the brain of musicians with music performance anxiety: A resting state fMRI study Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-12 Kayla Boileau, Nicole Stanson, Zhuo Fang, Kheana Barbeau, Umara Hansen, Gilles Comeau, Andra Smith
Many musicians live with music performance anxiety (MPA), which may affect their psychological and physiological functioning. Mindfulness, being aware in the present moment without judgment, has been found to help ease anxiety. Mindfulness may also help alleviate the negative effects of MPA, but what is the neurophysiological basis for this effect? Core components of mindfulness, including emotional
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Mentoring in the context of music teacher education: A systematic review Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-11-12 María José Hernández-Micó, Sara Domínguez-Lloria
The preparation of music teachers represents a key factor within the educational framework. In a world in constant evolution, the need to integrate new training proposals that cater to different environments is of vital importance to strengthen music education. The aim of this study is to analyze the use of mentoring in the context of music teaching through a systematic review using PRISMA. Among the
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Preservice music educators’ perceived self-efficacy in teaching students with disabilities following special education coursework: A comparative mixed-methods study Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-11-06 Rachel Grimsby
Preservice music educators’ (PMEs) experiences teaching students with disabilities (SwD) often occurs through general education coursework. Researchers have examined the effect of content-specific course work on PMEs preparation to teach music to SwD but have not examined if differences in course and clinical settings impact their self-reported feelings of self-efficacy. The purpose of this study was
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The use of video recordings in the formative assessment process of Taksims Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-10-30 Burcu Avcı Akbel
In this research, I aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of using video recordings in the process of formative assessment of taksims performed within the maqams covered in a Turkish music theory course. Taksim entails a performance aligned with the melodic movement features of a given maqam, adhering to its rules, yet allowing for improvised expression without a rhythmic structure. Maqam can be defined
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Creative musical activities in early childhood education: An analysis of teaching practices Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-10-30 Yolanda Trujillo Galea, Verónica Juárez Ramos
The aims of this quantitative descriptive research were to find out the involvement and training of generalist Early Childhood teachers in active in the school year 2023/2024 in the development of creative musical and sound activities. An online questionnaire was used to obtain socio-demographic data, creative self-concept, as well as the degree of training, importance attached to and use of certain
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Guided listening as meaningful learning: A study of Israeli secular Jewish High School music programs Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-10-29 Sharon Lagon Rozenbaum, Atara Isaacson
Guided listening is vital in music education, fostering self-expression, skill development, and academic achievement. Yet, its limited use in Israeli high schools creates a gap between its recognized value and practice. This mixed-method study examines guided listening integration in secular Jewish-Israeli high school music programs based on four philosophical and pedagogical approaches—esthetic, Praxial
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Kayanapussana Satipatthana and the Buddhist practices of Samadhi and Sati as foundational practices in the development of Thai musical skills Int. J. Music Educ. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-10-26 Wanida Bhrammaputra, Jarun Kanchanapradit, John Garzoli, Stuart Grant, Neil McLachlan
The Buddhist Vipassana technique of Kayanupassana Satipatthana is used to develop samadhi (concentration) and sati (awareness) in the practices of Thai classical music (dontri Thai) teachers working in a Thai primary school and the specialist music school in a Thai university. While previous studies have explored the use of mediation as a means of alleviating stress or spiritual progress, the techniques
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Episode model: The functional approach to emotional experiences of music Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-22 Tuomas Eerola, Connor Kirts, Suvi Saarikallio
We present a novel framework for music and emotion research that addresses emotional experiences with music as functional episodes. This framework, called the Episode Model, places the situation and the function of the music for the individual at the centre of the experience and integrates acts of affective self-regulation to our understanding of music as emotional experiences. The model consists of
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Enduring impacts of collaborative workplace music mentoring for early childhood generalist teachers, music mentors and students Music Education Research (IF 1.8) Pub Date : 2024-10-18 Margaret S. Barrett, Katie Zhukov
This study documents the enduring impacts of a workplace music mentoring programme for generalist classroom teachers in early childhood school settings in Australia. The study draws on follow-up in...
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“See me for who I am”: An exploratory study of undergraduate music major belonging Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-21 Erika J. Knapp, James Brinkmann, Liza Calisesi Maidens
The purpose of this exploratory instrumental qualitative case study with nested mixed methods was to examine undergraduate music majors’ perceptions of their sense of belonging within one public university music program. We surveyed undergraduate music majors within a single music program and completed purposeful and targeted follow-up interviews of selected respondents who represented a diverse cross-section
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Data structures for music encoding: tables, trees, and graphs Journal of New Music Research (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-21 Joshua Stutter
One of the challenges in planning a digital edition is the selection of the encoding system and representation format that the edition will use to encode musical information. This decision affects ...
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Validating scores from the short form of the Music Self-Perception Inventory (MUSPI-S) with seventh- to ninth-grade school students in Germany Psychology of Music (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-18 Daniel Fiedler, Johannes Hasselhorn, A. Katrin Arens, Anne C. Frenzel, Walter P. Vispoel
The Music Self-Perception Inventory-Short (MUSPI-S) is a theoretically based instrument consisting of 28 items with subscales that assess music self-concept globally and in six specific areas. The present study sought to validate a German translation of the MUSPI-S using a sample of 444 secondary school students. In addition to participants’ scores from the German translation of the MUSPI-S, associated