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McPherson, Gary E. – Psychology of Music, 2005
This article reports on a three-year longitudinal study with 157 children in school grades 3 and 4 (aged between 7 and 9 years), who commenced learning an instrument in one of eight school music programmes. The children were administered tests at the end of each school year to assess their abilities to perform rehearsed music, sight-read, play…
Descriptors: Music Education, Play, Music, Musicians

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