eprintid: 1537697 rev_number: 27 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/53/76/97 datestamp: 2017-01-28 19:45:51 lastmod: 2022-01-16 23:54:03 status_changed: 2017-02-22 17:25:51 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Hallam, S creators_name: Papageorgi, I title: Conceptions of musical understanding ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J80 divisions: J81 keywords: development, expertise, learning, music, understanding note: Copyright © The Author(s) 2016. abstract: Music can be understood in many ways. This has important implications for music education. The research reported here explored how groups of people conceptualise musical understanding and what they believe supports its acquisition. In this study 463 participants completed two statements: "Musical understanding is" and "You learn to understand music through". Understanding music was viewed as complex and multidimensional with two overarching themes: personal musical understanding in context and understanding as process, with 10 main sub-themes of understanding: communication, kinaesthetic, emotional, personal, knowledge about music, critical evaluation, musical elements, analysis and comparison of music, internal representations, and creating music. Understanding was believed to be acquired through love and enjoyment of music, physical responses, emotional engagement, analytic processes, active engagement with music, education or guidance in formal or informal contexts, exposure to music, and listening. A model is set out illustrating the different ways in which it is possible to understand music and how these various understandings can be attained and supported. date: 2016-12-01 date_type: published official_url: http://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X16671037 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1200280 doi: 10.1177/1321103X16671037 lyricists_name: Hallam, Susan lyricists_name: Papageorgi, Ioulia lyricists_id: SHALL07 lyricists_id: IPAPA67 full_text_status: public publication: Research Studies in Music Education volume: 38 number: 2 pagerange: 133-154 issn: 1834-5530 citation: Hallam, S; Papageorgi, I; (2016) Conceptions of musical understanding. Research Studies in Music Education , 38 (2) pp. 133-154. 10.1177/1321103X16671037 <https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X16671037>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1537697/1/Hallam_UCL%20Musical%20Understanding.pdf