“…These factors are largely conditioned by individual predispositions. Many authors include musical abilities (Manturzewska, 1974;Hallam, 2008), environmental and biographical factors (Manturzewska, 1974;Creech, 2009;Welch, Ockelford, 2009) and personality traits (Lehmann, Sloboda, Woody, 2007). Individual characteristics, such as interests (Sękowski, 1989), motivation (O `Neill, McPherson, 2002), the ability to deal with stage fright (Wilson, Roland, 2002), styles of learning and practising on the instrument (Mornell, 2009), are also important.…”