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Why do they choose their instruments?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2017

Irene Martínez Cantero  and
Jordi-Angel Jauset-Berrocal
Irene Martínez Cantero
Affiliation:
Music Conservatory of Pilar de la Horadada, C/Ramon y Cajal, 23, 03190, Pilar de la Horadada (Alicante), Spain irenemc2000@yahoo.com
Jordi-Angel Jauset-Berrocal
Affiliation:
Faculty of Communication and International Relations Blanquerna (University Ramon Llull), Plaça Coromines s/n, 08001 Barcelona jordiajb@blanquerna.url.edu
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Abstract

Motivation is a key word in the arts and, especially, in music since it conveys collective, as well as individual, feelings. The beginning of musical instrument learning should be based on the student's musical interest but, due to the casual and improvised nature of everyday situations in which the choice of a musical instrument takes place, tend to underestimate the attention that such interest deserves. This research paper seeks to expound on the lack of knowledge by students as regards musical instruments and on the powerful influence over them by instrumentalists in their environment.

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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , July 2017 , pp. 203 - 215
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