Abstract
This paper deals with an action‐research project currently being undertaken at the University of Bologna concerning the observation of music making during daily routines with under‐four children during diaper change, bedtime and free‐play. Several observational protocols were carried out in natural and spontaneous contexts. The data analysis was based on the analysis of video‐recordings using an observational grid, check‐list and microanalysis. During diaper change we observed some interesting phenomena of face‐to‐face mother‐infant and father‐infant interaction and also triadic mother‐father‐infant interactions. Some differences between father‐child and mother‐child dyads were observed concerning temporal contingency, turn‐taking and musical quality of the vocal interaction. At bedtime, we observed ‘autotelic’ musical play of a young girl singing just before she closed her eyes and the imitative vocal interaction among peers. Fogel’s Relational Coding System (2000) allowed us to observe and analyse the musical free‐play at home between the mother‐musician and her three‐year‐old son.
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