The Science & Psychology of Music Performance

By R. Parncutt, Gary E. McPherson. 2002

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Predictors of Music Sight-Reading Ability in High School Wind Players (2004, background): “Likewise, Palmer (1976) found that fourth-graders who used syllable systems for naming rhythmic figures performed significantly better on written and performance tests of music achievement than fourth graders in a control group who received no special instruction in rhythmic reading.”
Music education in the twenty-first century:: a psychological perspective (2003, background): “…and communication in music (e.g. Juslin & Sloboda, 2001); the psychology of musical performance, at both the individual and the group level (e.g. Parncutt & McPherson, 2002); creativity, composition, and improvisation (e.g. Sundin, McPherson & Folkestad, 1998); individual differences,…”