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Book SynopsisMusic pervades everyday life - in homes, on trains and planes, in cars and shops, at births and deaths, at weddings and war, in concert halls, clubs, stadiums, and fields. In so many ways, music marks and orchestrates the ways in which people experience the world together. What is it that makes people want to live their lives to the sound of music, and why do so many of our most private experiences and most public spectacles incorporate - or even depend on - music? ''Music and Mind in Everyday Life'' uses psychology to understand musical behaviour and experience in a range of circumstances, including composing and performing, listening and persuading, and teaching and learning. Starting from ''real world'' examples of musical experiences, it critically examines the ways in which psychology can explain people''s diverse experience of, and engagement with music, focusing on how music is used, acquired, and made in a range of familiar musical contexts. Using a framework of real and imagin
Trade ReviewIt covers considerable ground most elegantly and picks out key topics as sites of debate and future research this book will be invaluable to scholars working across a number of disciplines. * The British Journal of Music Education *
Table of Contents1. Music in people's lives ; MAKING MUSIC ; 2. Motivations and skills ; 3. Expression and communication in performance ; 4. Improvising and composing ; USING MUSIC ; 5. Hearing and listening ; 6. Individuals using music ; 7. Groups using music ; ACQUIRING MUSIC ; 8. Lifelong musical development ; 9. Contexts for learning ; 10. The psychology of music - an overview
