Factors Influencing Participation Flashcards

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What did Pitts & Robinson (2016) find about reasons why people stopped playing music?

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Restricted ability

Wrong choice of instrument

Changes in circumstances

Physical changes

Nowhere to practice

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Why might restricted ability stop musicians playing?

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Fail to improve. Disheartening. Negative comparisons. Loss of confidence. Give up. Don’t believe that they are good enough.

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Why might changes in circumstances stop musicians playing?

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Sickness (pandemic)

Work (lack of time to devote to an instrument)

New conductor

Move house (might not be able to still be a part of that orchestra/choir)

Nowhere to practice (strict landlords/renting circumstances/neighbours)

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Why might physical changes stop musicians playing?

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Adaptive physical changes such as sore fingers or sore lips can put people off.

Once you’ve stopped playing for a bit, you have to go through the painful process all over again if you pick the instrument back up.

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What type of research did Pitts & Robinson (2016) conduct when investigating factors in maintaining participation in music?

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Conducted life history interviews with amateur musicians who stopped playing music

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What is a limitation of Pitts & Robinson’s (2016) sample?

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Difficult to recruit a sample for this type of research. You would probably need to know the participants. Could give rise to issues with bias.

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How much the wrong choice of instrument stop musicians playing?

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Can play piano by yourself but it is difficult to play instruments such as the bassoon by yourself - you would ideally need to play in some sort of ensemble to really enjoy it.

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