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This article reports on information gathered from a set of interviews carried out with 88 mothers of under-two-year-olds. The interviews enquired about the everyday musical experiences of their babies and very young children in the home. From the process of analysis, the responses to the interviews were grouped into three main areas: musical resources; recorded music from audio and mixed-media sources; and singing and song repertoire. The interviews sought not only to gather information about equipment, media use and musical activity, but also to uncover something of the social contexts within which music is being used and incorporated into domestic settings and family life. The accumulated information suggests that technological advances that enable the digitization of music are resulting in changes in the nature of music and musical practices in the home for very young children. A case is made for understandings of everyday musical activity among young children to be incorporated into revised versions of children's musical development.

Lullaby Light Shows: alltägliche Musikerfahrung der Unter-Zweijährigen Der Beitrag berichtet über Informationen aus Interviews mit 88 Müttern von unter zweijährigen Kindern. Dabei wurde die alltägliche häusliche Musikerfahrung ihrer Babys und Kleinkinder untersucht. Die Antworten wurden in drei Hauptgruppen zusammengefasst: musikalische Quellen; Musikaufnahmen von Audio- und gemischten Medien; Singen und Liedrepertoire. Die Interviews suchten nicht nur Informationen zur medialen Ausstattung, zum Mediengebrauch und zu den musikalischen Aktivitäten zu sammeln, sondern wollten auch den sozialen Kontext aufdecken, in dem die Musik verwendet und in das Familienleben einbezogen wurde. Die zusammengetragene Information ergibt, dass der technische Fortschritt der Digitalisierung der Musik zu Veränderungen der Musik und des Musikumgangs im häuslichen Umfeld kleiner Kinder geführt hat. Ein Vorschlag zum Verständnis des täglichen Musikumgangs kleiner Kinder zielt darauf, die Aktivitäten stärker den veränderten Bedingungen der kindlichen musikalische Entwicklung anzupassen.

Lo que revelan las canciones de cuna: una experiencia musical cotidiana entre niños menores de dos años de edad Este artículo da cuenta de la información recogida en una serie de entrevistas realizadas a 88 madres de niños menores de dos años de edad. Las entrevistas indagaban sobre las experiencias musicales cotidianas de sus bebés y niños pequeños en el hogar. A partir del proceso de análisis, las respuestas a estas entrevistas fueron agrupadas en tres áreas principales: fuentes musicales; música grabada de audio o de fuentes de medios mixtos; y canto y repertorio de canciones. Las entrevistas no solo buscaron recoger información acerca del equipamiento, medios usados y actividades musicales, sino también descubrir algo referido a los contextos sociales en que esa música se utilizaba y se incorporaba en los ámbitos domésticos y en la vida familiar. La información acumulada sugiere que los avances tecnológicos que permite la digitalización de la música, generan cambios en la naturaleza de la música y de las prácticas musicales en el hogar con los niños pequeños. Queda establecido el argumento en cuanto a las interpretaciones de la actividad musical cotidiana entre niños pequeños para ser incorporada en versiones revisadas del desarrollo musical de los niños.

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early childhood family music technology

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Lullaby light shows: everyday musical experience among under-two-year-olds

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