This book provides a basic understanding of the philosophy, main techniques and concepts of research methodologies that have been used in music education. These include:

• historical research; • quantitative research; • narrative inquiry; • action research; • ethnography; • case study; • interpretative phenomenological analysis; • arts-based methods; • mixed methods.

The individual writers of each chapter in this book Research Methodologies in Music Education have personal experience in using each of the methodologies presented across many research projects. Writers were given the freedom to write their chapter in an individual manner. The reader is therefore taken on a journey through various methodologies written in different styles that the author/s have chosen best represents the relevant methodology and their own style of writing. Many examples have been cited that detail research projects where the various methodologies have been used.