I drum, therefore I am: being and becoming a drummer
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Main Author: Smith, Gareth Dylan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Vt. Ashgate 2013
Series:SEMPRE studies in the psychology of music
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
"I drum, therefore I am"? -- The snowball self -- Learning to play drums -- The snowball self in motion -- A part, and yet apart -- Ethnicity and cultural heritage -- Gender and drumming
Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music and education. Drawing on data collected from in-depth interviews and questionnaires, Gareth Dylan Smith explores the identities, practices and learning of teenage and adult kit drummers in and around London. As a London-based drummer and teacher of drummers, Smith uses his own identity as participant-researcher to inform and interpret other drummers' accounts of their experiences. Drummers drum; therefore they are, they do, and they learn - in a rich tapestry of
Physical Description:xiv, 209 pages
ISBN:9781409447955
1409447952
9781299056411
1299056415
9781409447948

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