| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 209 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
SEMPRE studies in the psychology of music
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SEMPRE studies in the psychology of music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"I drum, therefore I am"? -- The snowball self -- Learning to play drums -- The snowball self in motion -- A part, and yet apart -- Ethnicity and cultural heritage -- Gender and drumming. |
| Summary |
Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education. Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews and questionnaires, Gareth Dylan Smith explores the identities, practices and learning of teenage and adult kit drummers in and around London. As a London-based drummer and teacher of drummers, Smith uses his own identity as participant-researcher to inform and interpret other drummers' accounts of their experiences. Drummers drum; therefore they are, they do, and they learn - in a rich tapestry of. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Drum set -- Instruction and study -- Psychology.
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Drum set -- Instruction and study. |
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Psychology. |
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Drum set. |
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Drummers (Musicians) -- Psychology.
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Drummers (Musicians) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Gareth Dylan. I drum, therefore I am. Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2013 (DLC) 2012031452 |
| ISBN |
9781409447955 (e-book) |
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1409447952 (e-book) |
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9781299056411 (MyiLibrary) |
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1299056415 (MyiLibrary) |
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9781409447948 (hardcover) |
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