Musical Instrument Choice and Playing History in Post-Secondary Level Music Students: Some Descriptive Data, Some Causes and Some Background Factors

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Simy Meng-Yu; Howard, Robert W.
Titel	Musical Instrument Choice and Playing History in Post-Secondary Level Music Students: Some Descriptive Data, Some Causes and Some Background Factors
Quelle	In: Music Education Research, 6 (2004) 2, S.217-230 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1461-3808
Schlagwörter	Musicians; Musical Instruments; Sexual Identity; Masculinity; Music Education; Learning Motivation; Age; Questionnaires + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musiker; Musikinstrument; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Männlichkeit; Musikerziehung; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Alter; Lebensalter; Fragebogen
Abstract	Why do musicians specialize in the specific instruments that they do? Research has shown effects of such factors as the perceived masculinity/femininity of instruments and musician's personality but there are little background data on other factors. The present study had two major aims. The first aim was to gather some useful background data on musician's history of playing, looking at such things as number of instruments played and given up, number of main instruments, age of starting studying, and so on. The second was to examine some additional background factors and specific motives for choice, such as instrument availability and perceived need for players, in students studying music at post-secondary level. A total of 157 music students completed a questionnaire that asked about their musical history and about various background factors. The results show complex musical histories, and many varied and multiple motives for specialization. Percentage of participants citing each instrument as a main instrument; most (about 82%) cited only one current main instrument Instrument Total Males Females n = 157. Piano 40.8 39.7 41.7 Voice 28.7 23.3 33.3 Guitar 19.7 34.2 7.1 Flute 8.3 2.7 13.1 Violin 5.1 4.1 6.0 Saxophone 5.7 8.2 3.6 Clarinet 4.5 4.1 4.8 Bass 3.2 6.8 0 Drums 3.2 6.8 0 Percussion 1.3 1.4 1.2 Trumpet 1.3 1.4 1.2 Viola 1.3 1.4 1.2 Trombone 1.3 2.7 0 Cello 1.3 2.7 0 Recorder 0.6 1.4 0 (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10