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Area of Science:

  • Music Pedagogy
  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Musicians often fear errors, striving for perfection, which hinders learning.
  • Traditional music education neglects the benefits of error management.
  • High-stakes performances rarely achieve flawlessness, highlighting the need for error tolerance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the underestimation of risk and error management in music education.
  • To explore how error management training can enhance musicians' skills.
  • To develop a framework for risk and error management in music teaching and performance.

Main Methods:

  • Survey of research from aviation, medicine, economics, psychology, and decision theory.
  • Analysis of error-management training's impact on metacognitive skills and performance.
  • Application of interdisciplinary findings to instrumental music pedagogy.

Main Results:

  • Error management training improves adaptive transfer and performance skills.
  • A constructive error culture balances tolerance, risk-taking, and prevention.
  • Interdisciplinary research offers valuable insights for music education.

Conclusions:

  • A shift towards embracing errors is crucial for musical development.
  • Implementing risk and error management strategies can enhance practice and performance.
  • A conceptual framework for risk management can guide music education and musicians.