Many pianists are required to perform from memory in exams and performances. It is a skill that is expected of[…]
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Music Education Research
Latest research in Music Education and Performance Motivation.
6 things parents & teachers need to know about music lessons for girls.
It can be worthwhile to understand girls’ self-beliefs and provide positive support in terms of their ability to be a good musician and reach higher levels of expertise.
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Music Technology and Music Composition for HSC – notation issues.
Not my usual type of blog post, but I thought this is important to share. Music at the HSC level[…]
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Practice strategies of instrumental music students: Explicit instruction and transfer
The effect of explicit instruction protocol across 6 lessons for band students. The results found the treatment condition of explicit practice protocols demonstrated significant changes in performance scores from pre-test to post-test in the treatment condition groups.
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Children’s emotions at work in a Music Performance competition.
Performance practice is a vital part of any musician’s expertise. Familiarity in competitions allows musicians to develop the motivation and cognitive control required to be a performer on stage.
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The “musical friend” in times of need: Listening to music can help to improve mood.
Private engagement of music listening improved listeners mood and empathic processes. There appears to be a beneficial effect of musical engagement as music can act as a social surrogate in the absence of sympathetic others. Indeed, music is a “musical friend” in times of need.
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Expertise in studio music lessons: What do we know?
One-to-one instrumental lessons are common for music students. For many of us, this is how we learned over many years. Despite evidence and research into effective classroom and applied music studio teacher at university level, little is known about expertise in studio music teaching at a local level (ie: your local piano or violin teacher).
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Achievement goal orientation and learning strategies as predictors of musical creativity.
How does achievement motivation affect musical creativity? First we have to understand what musical creativity and achievement motivation is.
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Music student well-being
More attention is being paid to the well-being of students. It is understood that without a healthy psychological well-being, success musically or academically is challenging.
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