Effects of conducting-gesture instruction on seventh-grade band students' performance response to conducting emblems

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 360-373

  Cofer, R Shayne ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60950708331     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3345548     Document Type: Article

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