| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover ; Contents; Introduction; Section 1: Development; 1 Prenatal development; Richard Parncutt; 2 Reflections on infants as musical connoisseurs; Sandra E. Trehub and Franziska Degé; 3 The child musician's brain; Donald A. Hodges; 4 Musicality; Susan Hallam; 5 Music cognition in childhood; Kathleen A. Corrigall and Glenn E. Schellenberg; 6 Musical agency; Jackie Wiggins; 7 The potential impact of autism on musical development; Adam Ockelford; Section 2: Engagement; 8 Music and nonmusical abilities; Glenn E. Schellenberg; 9 Musical literacy: Reading traditional clef notation |
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Janet Mills and Gary E. McPherson10 Musical literacy: Music as language; Chris Philpott; 11 Engaging in a sound musicianship; Andrew R. Brown; 12 Underlying mechanisms and processes in the development of emotion perception in music; Emery Schubert and Gary E. McPherson; 13 Felt experiences of popular musics; David J. Elliott and Marissa Silverman; 14 Children, popular music, and identity; Sharon G. Davis; 15 The child as music critic; Paul Woodford; 16 How and why do musical preferences change in childhood and adolescence?; David J. Hargreaves, Adrian C. North, and Mark Tarrant |
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Section 3: Differences17 Motivation; Paul Evans; 18 Building gifts into musical talents; Gary E. McPherson and Aaron Williamon; 19 Inclusive music classrooms: A universal approach; Judith A. Jellison; 20 Music and well-being during illness; Costanza Preti and Katrina S. McFerran; 21 Adolescent music is not problematic; Katrina S. McFerran; Section 4: Skills; 22 Playing an instrument; Gary E. McPherson, Jane W. Davidson, and Paul Evans; 23 Building performance confidence; Margaret S. Osborne; 24 Singing and vocal development; Graham F. Welch; 25 Musical play; Kathryn Marsh and Susan Young |
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26 The individual and social worlds of children's musical creativitiesPamela Burnard and Hsu-Chan Kuo; 27 Computer-based technology; Peter R. Webster; Section 5: Contexts; 28 Historical perspectives; Gordon Cox; 29 Child as musical apprentice; Frank Abrahams and Daniel Abrahams; 30 Global practices; Patricia Shehan Campbell; 31 Transcultural childhoods; Alexandra Kertz-Welzel; 32 My voice is important too: Non-formal music experiences and young people; Lee Higgins; 33 Transformative music engagement and musical flourishing; Susan A. O'Neill |
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34 The transition from adolescent to adult music learnerJane W. Davidson and Robert Faulkner; 35 Fostering lifelong engagement in music; Stephanie E. Pitts; Index |
| Summary |
'The Child as Musician' celebrates the richness and diversity of the many different ways in which children can engage in and interact with music. It presents theory - both cutting edge and classic - in an accessible way for readers by surveying research concerned with the development and acquisition of musical skills |
| Notes |
Previous edition issued in print: 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 8, 2015) |
| Subject |
Music and children -- Psychological aspects
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Child development -- Social aspects
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Music -- Instruction and study.
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Music -- Psychological aspects.
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Child development -- Social aspects
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Music -- Instruction and study
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Music -- Psychological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McPherson, Gary, editor
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| ISBN |
9780191805776 |
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0191805777 |
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9780198744443 |
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0198744447 |
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