The Effects of Error-Detection Practice on Keyboard Sight-Reading Achievement of Undergraduate Music Majors

Journal of Research in Music Education

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 114-122

  Kostka, Marilyn J ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990385563     PISSN: 00224294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3345570     Document Type: Article

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