An Exploration of the Practice Habits and Experiences of Professional Musicians

Autor/inn/en	Vellacott, Christine; Ballantyne, Julie
Titel	An Exploration of the Practice Habits and Experiences of Professional Musicians
Quelle	In: Music Education Research, 24 (2022) 3, S.312-326 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Vellacott, Christine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1461-3808
DOI	10.1080/14613808.2022.2053513
Schlagwörter	Musicians; Music Techniques; Music Activities; Motivation; Behavior Patterns; Musical Instruments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musiker; Musikalische Technik; Musikalische Aktion; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Musikinstrument
Abstract	Practice occupies an essential and significant place in every musician's life, yet the practice habits of highly experienced, professional musicians, remain under-researched. As such, this study sought to contribute to the emerging body of knowledge into professional musicians' practice. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with six such musicians, and through the qualitative content analysis of the resulting transcripts, and an evaluation of the findings in relation to current literature, insights into professional musicians' practice time, practice strategies, and motivation were uncovered. The analysis of participant transcripts revealed that, due to greater work and family responsibilities, as well as greater efficiency, the participants spend significantly less time practicing now as professional musicians than they did as university students. The practice strategies reported by participants to be the most helpful in their practice were listening to recordings, slow practice, and employing a mindset of focus and self-awareness. The analysis also revealed that each participant reported intrinsic motivation towards practicing, and used the strategies of taking breaks, and simply picking up their instruments, to increase their motivation. The findings from this study are useful to those who might seek to one day be a professional musician, as well as to professional musicians who might find it interesting to know how their own practice habits align with those of other professional musicians. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01