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Publication Date: 2012-Jul
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Using Repertory Grids to Explore Musical Skills and Attitudes in a Mature-Age Adult at the Early Stages of Learning for Self-Fulfilment: A Case Study of James
Taylor, Angela
British Journal of Music Education, v29 n2 p233-250 Jul 2012
Repertory grids were used as a research tool to explore 73-year-old James' musical development over two years. Choosing two music learning cultures for his instrumental learning, James learned the piano in a college workshop and the Appalachian dulcimer in his local folk group. There were clear changes in his musical skills and attitudes, particularly in relation to performing and practising, and an increase in his musical maturity as he transformed himself from a music listener into a musical performer, reconstructing himself as an amateur musician. The empowerment gained from his reconstruction was a critical factor in James' self-fulfilment as a mature-age adult.
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Musicians, Males, Workshops, Musical Instruments, Performance, Empowerment, Older Adults, Skill Development
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