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SUPERVISOR: Hi, Joanna, good to meet you. Now, before we discuss your new research project. I’d
like to hear something about the psychology study you did last year for your Master’s
degree. So how did you choose your subjects for that?
JOANNA:
Well, I had six subjects, all professional musicians, and all female. There were violinists
and there was also a cello player and a pianist and a flute player. They were all very
highly regarded in the music world and
they’d done quite extensive tours in different
continents
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, and quite a few had won prizes and competitions as well.
SUPERVISOR: And they were quite young, weren’t they?
JOANNA:
Yes, between 25 and 29 – the mean was 27.8.
I wasn’t specifically look for artists
who’d produced recordings, but this is something that’s just taken for granted
these days, and they all had.
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SUPERVISOR: Right. Now you collected your data through telephone interviews, didn’t you?
JOANNA: Yes.
I realised if I was going to interview leading musicians it’s only be possible
over the phone because they’re so busy
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. I recorded them using a telephone
recording adaptor. I’d been worried about the quality, but it worked out all right. I managed
at least a 30-minute interview with each subject, sometimes longer.
SUPERVISOR: Did doing it on the phone make it more stressful?
JOANNA:
I’d thought it might … it was all quite informal though and in fact they seemed very
keen to talk.
