Developing effective practice strategies: Case studies of three young instrumentalists

Aspects of Teaching Secondary Music: Perspectives on practice

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 140-152

  Pitts, Stephanie ^a   Davidson, Jane ^a   McPherson, Gary ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203166970-16     Document Type: Chapter

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