We're often told to listen to recordings of music that we're working on.

And we often tell our students to do so as well, but is there any research which suggests that this benefits the learning process in any way?

A 2012 study takes a look at this question, and compares both active and passive listening to see what sorts of benefits there might (or might not) be:

Get all the nerdy details here:
Does Listening to Music Benefit the Music Learning Process?

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