The effects of specific practice strategy use on university string players' performance

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 318-333

  Sikes, Paul L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Practice; Strategy; Strings; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884601143     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022429413497225     Document Type: Article

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