TABLE 1.

Summary of the main literature contributions in the research topic of music and metacognition.

Metacognitive components	For expert musicians	For beginning music students
1. Knowing and selecting strategies for musical practice	– Nielsen, 1999 – Hallam, 2001	– Nielsen, 2004 – Leon-Guerrero, 2008 – Bathgate et al., 2012 – Abushanab and Bishara, 2013
2. Organizing musical practice and evaluating musical material and performance outcomes	– Ginsborg, 2002 – Williamon and Valentine, 2002 – McPherson and Renwick, 2011 – Peynircioglu et al.,2014	– Bauer, 2008 – Benton, 2013 – Lisboa et al., 2015
3. Enhanced self-regulation during practice through metacognitive skills	– Jørgensen, 2004 – McPherson and Zimmerman, 2011 – Benton, 2014 – Araújo, 2016 – Varela et al., 2016 – Williamon et al., 2017	– Bartolome, 2009 – Hart, 2014 – Power and Powell, 2018
4. Managing self-regulation in collaborative practice and performance	– Gaunt and Westerlund, 2013 – Hanken, 2016 – Nielsen et al., 2018 – Schiavio et al., 2018 – Schiavio et al., 2019	– Benton, 2014 – Hanken, 2016