Since communication and expression are central aspects of music performance it is
important to develop a systematic pedagogy of teaching children and teenagers …

This article is based on the assumption of musical power to change the listener's mood. The
paper studies the outcome of two experiments on the regulation of emotional states in a …

Nonverbal processes are crucial to parent–child communication, but are seldom the focus of
therapeutic intervention once a child is over 12 months of age. This paper reviews the …

Much is known about the efficacy of infant‐directed (ID) speech and singing for capturing
attention, but little is known about their role in regulating affect. In Experiment 1, infants 7–10 …

Infants prefer speech to non-vocal sounds and to non-human vocalizations, and they prefer
happy-sounding speech to neutral speech. They also exhibit an interest in singing, but there …

This chapter focuses on maternal singing in the everyday lives of infants, its functions,
intentional or otherwise, and its consequences for the onset and nature of early singing …

This article discusses the relationship between musical structure and perceived expression.
Musical structure is an umbrella term for a host of factors, such as tempo, loudness, pitch …

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt our lives in unimagined ways, families are
reinventing daily rituals, and this is likely true for musical rituals. This study explored how …

This article presents findings from an action research project that investigated instrumental
teachers' strategies for facilitating children's learning of expressive music performance. Nine …

Objectives This study examined the ability of prelingually deaf children with bilateral
implants to identify emotion (ie happiness or sadness) in speech and music. Methods …