The whole body coordination of expert drummers from a dynamical systems approach

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K12740
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 90030:Cognitive science-related
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Furuyama Nobuhiro 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 教授 (20333544)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 三浦 哲都 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 准教授 (80723668) ; 三嶋 博之 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 教授 (90288051)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 身体協応 / 熟達 / 力学系理論 / ドラム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify what makes skilled drummers different from unskilled drummers, especially the relationship between local beat movements and global whole-body movements. We analyzed the performance of skilled and novice drummers on the task of playing 1/8 note beats on an electronic drum, as well as the center of pressure (CoP) data, which is representative of whole-body motion during the performance of the task. This feature is more pronounced immediately after kicking the bass drum pedal. We also analyzed movement data of pendulum wiggling at the wrist and the whole-body, which are the basis of such local and global movements including drum-set playing. The results suggest that the global coordination structure is involved in the accomplishment of the local pendulum task.

Free Research Field

認知科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

芸術や表現を生み出す身体運動における、表現に直接関わる手先などの局所的な身体部位と、姿勢の維持などに関わる大局的な全身協応との関連については、実践者の経験としてはしばしば語られてきたものの、これを定量的に捉えた研究は国内外に例がなく、本研究で得られた成果は、学術的な意義が極めて高いと考えられる。また、ドラム演奏 に全身がどのように関わっているかを解明することで、楽器演奏一般、リトミックなど身体を用いた音楽教育、ドラム演奏ができるロボットの開発に有用なデータと知見になると考えられる。