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Reading Music. The Use of Scores in Music Learning and Teaching

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If we looked through a conservatory window or the window of a music school, or even a classroom of any primary or secondary school where music was being taught, we would no doubt see different people practising an instrument, in front of a music stand holding a score.

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Pérez Echeverría, M.P., Marín, C. (2022). Reading Music. The Use of Scores in Music Learning and Teaching. In: Pozo, J.I., Pérez Echeverría, M.P., López-Íñiguez, G., Torrado, J.A. (eds) Learning and Teaching in the Music Studio. Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, vol 31. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0634-3_8

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