Gender differences in musical instrument choice

International Journal of Music Education

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-19

  Hallam, Susan ^a,b   Rogers, Lynne ^a,b   Creech, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Musical instrument preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950362915     PISSN: 02557614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0255761407085646     Document Type: Review

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