Elucidation of elaborate auditory-motor model for performance

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16418
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: The University of Electro-Communications
• Principal Investigator: OBATA SATOSHI 電気通信大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 協力研究員 (40631099)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 運動制御 / 聴覚フィードバック / バイオリン / 熟練度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Experiments on experts and novices about the position to pressing the strings of the violin showed that experts can strum the pitch of the target sound more precisely even in the absence of sound information compared to the novices. If there is a sound to be pressed in advance, it is suggested that the position may be used as a clue. This result seems to indicate that long-term performance experience leads to a more robust model acquisition for elucidation of auditory-motor model which is the object of this research.
Also, since the sound immediately before the target affects the accuracy of the string pressing, it was suggested that the violinist is constantly updating the string pressing position depending on the previous sound.

Free Research Field

演奏科学