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Listening to the music of early childhood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Susan Young
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Abstract

An interest in listening to nursery age children spontaneously making music on percussion instruments led to re-thinking the role of adult as listener to children's music making. It is suggested that this role is not a passive one but active. The adult playfully participates with the child and takes responsibility for ‘scaffolding’ the child's emerging music making. Participant listening challenges conceptions of the listening act itself.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 51 - 58
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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