The sound of music may arouse profound emotions in listeners. But such experiences seem
to involve a 'paradox', namely that music–an abstract form of art, which appears removed …

Music is so ubiquitous that it can be easy to overlook the powerful influence it exerts in so
many areas of our lives-from birth, through childhood, to old age. The Social and Applied …

In higher music education, learning in social settings (orchestras, choirs, bands, chamber
music and so on) is prevalent, yet understanding of such learning rests heavily on the …

Music in the Human Experience: An Introduction to Music Psychology, Second Edition, is
geared toward music students yet incorporates other disciplines to provide an explanation …

This book introduces music education majors to basic instrumental pedagogy for the
instruments and ensembles most commonly found in the elementary and secondary …

This research examines the specific nature of self-efficacy beliefs within music. Separate
questionnaires assessing self-efficacy for musical learning and self-efficacy for musical …

This study explored the effects of a 9-week music-specific mental skills training program
delivered to students at a music conservatoire in England (n= 14). Pre-and post-testing …

Background Students with a strong sense of competence in musical skills and control over
their physical and psychological well-being enhance their capacity to exceed their average …

Much applied research into musical performance requires a method of quantifying
differences and changes between performances; for this purpose, researchers have …

This research adds to the growing body of music self-efficacy literature by profiling changes
in instrumental performance self-efficacy perceptions of 157 high school student musicians …