The emergence of musical structures in instrumental free play of toddlers

  • Keren I
  • Gilboa A
  • Cohen V
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Abstract

The field of children’s free play instrumental musical expression seems to lack a theory on the developmental aspect in toddlerhood. The case studies presented here were part of a larger study aimed at helping to fill that gap. In the present study, five children aged 14–22 months played freely on a metallophone and a pair of bongos in six sessions over nineteen months. The results exemplify the toddlers’ process of developing the ability to structure well-formed musical ideas, starting with short patterns that gradually grow and using repetition-based structures. The insights can contribute to the fields of early childhood musical development, music education and childcare.

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Keren, I., Gilboa, A., & Cohen, V. (2021). The emergence of musical structures in instrumental free play of toddlers. International Journal of Music in Early Childhood, 16(1), 7–25. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijmec_00024_1

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