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Personality and music preference
This week I had a very nice email from a gentleman who is kind enough (much like you, dear reader) to glance over my blog now and then. This student was embarking on a music psychology project at his college and he wanted to ask me a simple question to help him develop his project ideas: Why do different people like different types of music? Well, after reading the question I sat at my computer for a minute or two spouting off ideas like a slot machine fires out coins when you hit the jackpot. Where to begin?! So may things influence how people come to form musical preferences;…
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The benefits of a musical education
The importance of music in schools is an issue that is coming to the fore again. A UK Department of Education press notice recently stated that; “Giving all young people the best possible music education will help the Government achieve its twin aims of driving up standards and reducing the attainment gap” But are they serious? Music educators and psychologists are growing increasingly concerned for the role of music in schools, in light of the fact that the same government who spoke the words above is in the process of rolling out the ‘English Baccalaureate’. The English Baccalaureate is an award that will be given to any pupil who secures…
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