It is different each time I play: Variability in highly prepared musical performance

Music Perception

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 455-472

  Chaffin, Roger ^a   Lemieux, Anthony F ^b   Chen, Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 34250720024     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2007.24.5.455     Document Type: Article

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