Development of performance education program based on strategy to transform visual and auditory information into motion

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26590229
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Education on school subjects and activities
• Research Institution: The University of Electro-Communications
• Principal Investigator: Aiba Eriko 電気通信大学, 大学院情報理工学研究科, 助教 (40569761)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 楽器演奏方略 / 感覚運動情報処理 / 暗譜 / エキスパティーズ / 音楽教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Controlling the motion of the human body precisely requires significant training over a long period of time. Professional musicians have to find the optimal information processing strategy for themselves to excel above all other musicians. In this study, we verified differences in sensory-motor information processing between better ear-players and better sight-readers via administering a questionnaire and conducting behavioral experiments with professional pianists. The results suggest that the balance of the priority placed on the visual information and the auditory information varies between individual pianists. Moreover, we found that the better ear-players can memorize the musical score through short-term practice, whereas better sight-readers may transform the score into a performance in a partly reflexive manner .

Free Research Field

Performance Science