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Musical Understanding

Musical Understanding is a cognitive and interpretive achievement within music education whereby an individual grasps the structural, expressive, and cultural dimensions of music through active engagement with musical works, distinguished from mere performance proficiency or factual knowledge by its emphasis on reflective, contextually informed awareness of musical meaning.

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44.8K

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1.5K

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612

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974

Cognitive Foundations of Musical Pitch

Bruno H. Repp, Carol L. Krumhansl · The American Journal of Psychology · 1991 · 915 citations

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Effects of Music Training on the Child's Brain and Cognitive Development

Gottfried Schlaug, Andrea Norton, Katie Overy et al. · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 465 citations

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A Philosophy of Music Education: Advancing the Vision

Michael L. Mark · Music Educators Journal · 2003 · 411 citations

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Music Cognition and Perceptual Facilitation: A Connectionist Framework

Jamshed J. Bharucha · Music Perception An Interdisciplinary Journal · 1987 · 380 citations

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The Challenge of "Bi-Musicality"

Mantle Hood · Ethnomusicology · 1960 · 373 citations

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Authors

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    Isabelle Peretz

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    8 publications · 632 citations

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  2. SH
    Susan Hallam

    University of London, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 501 citations

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  3. AS
    Andrea Schiavio

    University of Graz, Austria

    7 publications · 289 citations

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  4. AO
    Adam Ockelford

    University of Roehampton, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 179 citations

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  5. EG
    E. Glenn Schellenberg

    University of Toronto, Canada

    7 publications · 448 citations

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Institutions

612

  1. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    26 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    15 h-index

    35 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    14 publications

    540 citations

  4. Goldsmiths University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    20 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    2K citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. Perfect Harmony Health

    Austin, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    532 citations

  8. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    677 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Research in Music Education

    58 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. Psychology of Music

    46 publications · 2K citations

    28

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  3. Music Education Research

    40 publications · 1.9K citations

    26

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  4. Music Educators Journal

    43 publications · 1.9K citations

    23

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  5. International Journal of Music Education

    IJME · 31 publications · 1.1K citations

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