Eye Movement in Music Reading: Effects of Reading Ability, Notational Complexity, and Encounters

Music Perception

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 77-96

  Goolsby, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84937302201     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40285756     Document Type: Article

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