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How do children learn--or learn about--music. How do national
cultures and education systems affect children's musical learning.
Combining information, analysis and evaluation from fifteen
countries, Musical Development and Learning answers these
questions. This unique survey, written by an international team of
experts, not only provides a global perspective on musical
education and development but also a comparative framework designed
to enable teachers, parents and researchers to learn from practice
and policy in other countries.
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 Psychology of
Music is the successor to the bestselling and influential Social
Psychology of Music. It considers the value of music in everyday
life, answering some of the perennial questions about music.
The book begins with a scene-setting chapter that describes the
academic background to the book, before looking at composition and
musicianship. It then goes on to look at musical preference. What
aspects of music are crucial in determining whether or not you will
like it?
In chapter 4 the authors consider whether rap and rock are bad for
young people, highlighting some of the major moral scandals that
have rocked pop music, and asks whether these have become more
extreme over time. The following chapter looks at music as a
commercial product. How does the structure of the music industry
affect the music that we hear on the radio and buy?
The book closes with an examination of music education. How does
musical ability develop in children, and how does this relate to
more general theories of how intellectual skills develop? Do
musical skills develop independently of other abilities?
Exceptionally broad in scope, and written in a highly accessible
style by the leading researchers in this field, The Social and
Applied Psychology of Music will be required reading for anyone
seeking an understanding of the role music plays in our lives.
The book closes with a examination of music education. How does
musical ability develop in children, and how does this relate to
more generaltheories of how intellectual skills develop? Do musical
skills develop independently of other abilities?
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