Source note · R022
Music Is the Space Between the Notes (Claude Debussy)—The Power of Connection: Exploring Motivations, Barriers and Relational Pedagogy in Adult Music Learning
Adult learners describe the value of supportive teaching and the difficulty of making space for practice.
- Setting
- Related music & arts
- Kind of evidence
- Qualitative & case studies
- Review extent
- Main text reviewed
What was studied
Qualitative workshop research with ten adult piano, string and voice learners in Waterford.
What it contributes
Participants discussed pace, support, time constraints and feelings of guilt around practice.
Where the evidence stops
This small mixed-instrument workshop is not a band sample. The accounts suggest questions for teaching but do not demonstrate that an approach causes continued participation.
About this review
The main text was reviewed for its methods, reported findings and limits. This source note is an editorial summary, not a reproduction of the work.
Publisher-deposited metadata checked; this is not a new full-text appraisal.
Source note updated September 7, 2026. Read our approach to evidence.