Practice behaviors of eighth-grade instrumental musicians

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 350-362

  Rohwer, Debbie ^a   Polk, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 61949475033     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002242940605400407     Document Type: Article

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