Hi, we are Dr. Peter MacIntyre and Jason Legatto guitar players and psychology researchers from Cape Breton University, Canada. (This is not an Ad and we are not selling ANYTHING!) We're conducting a study on the psychological processes of guitar players and we're really trying to get as many people world-wide to participate as we can. The purpose of the study is to investigate various aspects of musical motivation for playing guitar. It takes about 15 minutes to complete the survey. There are questions about the types of music you play, your reasons for playing and practicing guitar, how you see yourself as a musician, and so on. We welcome all participants, from beginners to experts, including people who have not played in a while.

IT’S TOTALLY ANONYMOUS! Just click the link and you're on your way,

http://faculty.cbu.ca/pmacintyre/musicsurvey.htm

Here ya go folks, the results as we have them thus far. Follow the link for some of the basic analysis and check back with us at the end of the summer for full results!
http://faculty.cbu.ca/pmacintyre/mus...limresults.htm

Hey all!
Well we’ve had a great turn out for our study! Thanks to everyone who has taken part! We’ve gotten such a great amount that we’re going to be closing down the survey earlier than expect (July 8th). We could however use at least another 25 to bring our sample up to an even 300!! As for our secondary survey with open ended questions for those who felt the first version was too restrictive in its response options, I’ve sent our application off to the ethics committee for approval and should be hearing back from them within a week and will immediately make the survey available to you all (only for those who have not already participated in the original format survey). Stay posted for the details and links to the new survey. And again, thank you all very much we should have a complete analysis finish by summer’s end and we will make the results available to whomever is interested

Hey guys, We've created a more qualitative (open ended questioning) survey for those who found the previous one had answers too restricted and didn't necessarily apply to them, any of you who are interested in filling this one out it gives you ample space to really fully explain your particular stance on things. Thanks again for all of your help! Keep on rocking!
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewf...JBSmstMmc6M A..