eprintid: 10144942 rev_number: 13 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/14/49/42 datestamp: 2022-03-10 15:32:14 lastmod: 2022-03-16 10:55:00 status_changed: 2022-03-10 15:32:14 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Saltari, Regina creators_name: Welch, Graham title: Exploring the culture of Greek children’s musical games in the school playground: An ethnographic study ispublished: inpress divisions: B14 divisions: J77 divisions: B16 divisions: UCL keywords: children's musical culture, children's musical games, ethnography, Greece, school playground note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: This article reports findings from an ethnographic study investigating the culture of children’s musical games played in school playgrounds. The research took place in nine primary schools in Greece and lasted for 6 months. Data collection methods included open observation of children aged 6 to 11 years, focused small-group observation, semi-structured interviews of 53 children (aged 8–11 years), and video recordings of the children’s musical games. Analyses of the research data, in light of the relevant literature, revealed the physical and human geographies of musical games, gender preferences, transmission sources and processes, learning and teaching practices, improvisations and variations, and communication among participants. The article concludes with implications for music education research and practice. date: 2022-02-15 date_type: published publisher: SAGE official_url: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1321103X211061978 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1939549 doi: 10.1177/1321103X211061978 lyricists_name: Welch, Graham lyricists_id: GFWEL02 actors_name: Welch, Graham actors_id: GFWEL02 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Research Studies in Music Education place_of_pub: London pages: 15 event_location: UK citation: Saltari, Regina; Welch, Graham; (2022) Exploring the culture of Greek children’s musical games in the school playground: An ethnographic study. Research Studies in Music Education 10.1177/1321103X211061978 <https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X211061978>. (In press). Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10144942/7/Welch_Exploring%20the%20Culture%20of%20Greek%20Childrens%20Musical%20Games%20in%20the%20School%20Playground.%20An%20Ethnographic%20Study_AAM.pdf