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Psychology of Music

• Using graphical notations to assess children's experiencing of simple and complex musical fragments
  

  The aim of this study was to analyze children’s graphical notations as external representations of their experiencing when listening to simple sonic stimuli and complex musical fragments. More specifically, we assessed the impact of four fac...
  Verschaffel, L., Reybrouck, M., Janssens, M., Van Dooren, W.

• When program notes don't help: Music descriptions and enjoyment
  

  The widespread practice of including program notes for classical concerts assumes that extramusical information affects musical experience, but the psychological mechanisms underlying this process are little understood. In this study, 16 people wi...
  Hellmuth Margulis, E.

• 'Love is in the air': Effects of songs with romantic lyrics on compliance with a courtship request
  

  Previous research has shown that exposure to various media is correlated to variations in human behaviour. Exposure to aggressive song lyrics increases aggressive action whereas exposure to songs with prosocial lyrics is associated with prosocial ...
  Gueguen, N., Jacob, C., Lamy, L.

• 21st century conceptions of musical ability
  

  This study explored conceptions of musical ability using an inventory derived from previous qualitative research. Participants included 102 musicians, 95 educators, 132 adult amateur musicians, 60 adults who were not actively engaged in making mus...
  Hallam, S.

• Musicians' memory for verbal and tonal materials under conditions of irrelevant sound
  

  Studying short-term memory within the framework of the working memory model and its associated paradigms (Baddeley, 2000; Baddeley & Hitch, 1974) offers the chance to compare similarities and differences between the way that verbal and tonal mater...
  Williamson, V. J., Mitchell, T., Hitch, G. J., Baddeley, A. D.

• Body, time, space and relationship in the music listening experiences of women with chronic illness
  

  The meanings and experience of everyday music listening for women living with chronic physical illness were investigated. Multiple, in-depth interviews with six women, living with a diagnosed illness and identifying music listening as important in...
  Nicol, J. J.

• The effect of musical fit on consumers' memory
  

  This study investigated the impact of musical ‘fit’ on memory for items. Participants were asked to recall 20 items they had seen while listening to either rock music or classical music. Some of the 20 items were associated with either...
  Yeoh, J. P. S., North, A. C.

• Book Review: DINA KIRNARSKAYA, The Natural Musician -- on Abilities, Giftedness and Talent. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 400 pp. ISBN 9780199560134 (hbk) {pound}34.95
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  Rinta, T.
• Book Review: JANET MILLS, Music in the Primary School (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 208 pp. ISBN 9780193364950 (pbk) {pound}16.99
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  Adams, P.
• Book Review: MARTIN ASHLEY, How High Should Boys Sing? Gender, Authenticity and Credibility in the Young Male Voice. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2009. ISBN 9780754664758 (hbk) {pound}50
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  Durrant, C.
• Book Review: JOHANNELLA TAFURI, Infant Musicality: New Research for Educators and Parents. Graham Welch, trans. Elizabeth Hawkins. Aldershot: Sempre: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2008. 193 pp., with CD and DVD. ISBN 9780754665120 (pbk) {pound}12.99
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  La, F.

Research Studies in Music Education

• Metaphorical process and the birth of meaningful musical rationality in beginning instrumentalists
  

  In this qualitative study, I explored the musical processes and music learning processes of students in one fifth-grade beginning band class. Influenced by an earlier study of rock musicians (Davis, 2005), I began to consider how I might incorpora...
  Davis, S. G.

• The Sankofa Drum and Dance Ensemble: Motivations for student participation in a school world music ensemble
  

  The Sankofa Drum and Dance Ensemble is a world music ensemble at the elementary level that focuses on Ghanaian music in the Ewe tradition. The ensemble consists of students in grades 4 through grade 8 and is one of the few world music ensembles in...
  Hess, J.

• A community of practice in music teacher training: The case of Musicalizacao Infantil
  

  This article discusses the emergence of a community of practice of student-teachers in music in a Brazilian university outreach program called Musicalização Infantil. It starts with a short introduction to the concept of community of...
  Ilari, B.

• Peer assessment in tertiary level singing: Changing and shaping culture through social interaction
  

  In 2008, peer assessment was introduced into the singing component of a tertiary level undergraduate creative arts performance course within an Australian regional university. The project investigated what effect changing the role of the actor/sin...
  Latukefu, L.

• Creativity and assessment in Chinese arts education: Perspectives of Hong Kong students
  

  The Chinese government has opened up its education system since the early 1990s, blending traditional test-centered approaches with critical thinking and versatility, and easing exam pressures. This article examines the place of creativity in the ...
  Leong, S.

Journal of Research in Music Education

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  Sims, W.
• Student Musicians' Ear-Playing Ability as a Function of Vernacular Music Experiences
  

  This study explored the differences in ear-playing ability between formal "classical" musicians and those with vernacular music experience (N = 24). Participants heard melodies and performed them back, either by singing or playing on their ...
  Woody, R. H., Lehmann, A. C.

• Effect of Ethnicity on the Age of Onset of the Male Voice Change
  

  The purposes of this study were to compare the age of onset of the voice change in African American, White, and Hispanic male students, as well as to describe characteristics of the changing male voice in fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students,...
  Fisher, R. A.

• Learning From Teaching Experience: Dewey's Theory and Preservice Teachers' Learning
  

  Teachers often claim that they learn more from teaching experience than from course work. In this qualitative study, the author explored the value that six preservice teachers attributed to peer teaching, early field experiences, student teaching,...
  Schmidt, M.

• Strategies Students Adopted When Learning to Play an Improvised Blues in an E-Learning Environment
  

  In this investigative study, the authors sought to reveal the learning strategies adopted by participants as they learned to play a 12-bar improvised blues with both hands together on a musical keyboard in an e-learning environment. There were 3 p...
  Seddon, F., Biasutti, M.

• Reliability and Perceived Pedagogical Utility of a Weighted Music Performance Assessment Rubric
  

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability and perceived pedagogical utility of a multidimensional weighted performance assessment rubric used in Kansas state high school large-group festivals. Data were adjudicator rubrics (N...
  Latimer, M. E., Bergee, M. J., Cohen, M. L.

• The Effect of Text Translation on Perceived Musical Tension in Debussy's Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de maisons
  

  The primary focus of the present study was to investigate the effect participants’ (N = 100) knowledge of a text translation may have on their perceived musical tension while listening to a piece of choral music sung in another langua...
  Hackworth, R. S., Fredrickson, W. E.

• Twelfth Biennial Desert Skies Symposium on Research in Music Education: Tucson, Arizona February 17-19, 2011 Sponsored by The University of Arizona College of Fine Arts
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• American String Teachers Association National Conference: Kansas City, Missouri March 17-19, 2011
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• Outstanding Achievement in String Research Award
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