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Jun 19, 2017DOI:
10.4314/ljh.v27i2.3Keywords:
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Music and Wellbeing in Everyday Life: An Exploratory Study of Music Experience in Ghana
Abstract
Using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) and semi-structured interviews, we examined how people experience and use music in everyday life in potentially beneficial ways to enhance subjective wellbeing. In contrast to previous research where music’s self-regulatory role has been highlighted primarily in the context of solitary music listening, for the participants in our study music also played a crucial role as a form of social and participatory performance practice. This was particularly evident in the strong connection between music, religion, and social
dance.
