Fundamental research on line-of-sight movement in a song accompaniment by an accompanist pianist

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K00217
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01070:Theory of art practice-related
• Research Institution: Fuji Women's University
• Principal Investigator: SHINKAI Makoto 藤女子大学, 人間生活学部, 准教授 (50469475)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 赤塚 太郎 東京福祉大学, 保育児童学部, 講師 (40823513)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: ピアノ伴奏 / ピアノ / 伴奏 / 歌曲伴奏 / 伴奏法 / 子どもの歌の伴奏 / 伴奏ピアニスト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study clarifies the characteristics of the sight movement of a skilled accompaniment pianist during the performance. Four cases of subjects, including a proficient accompaniment pianist, were employed in the present study. Their eye movements during accompaniment, such as songs and nursery rhymes, were documented with a spectacle-type eye tracker and, consequently, examined the given data based on the recordings.The results from the analysis indicate that skilled accompanist pianists have a strong tendency to move their eyes to the keyboard and the singer less often than other less-skilled pianists during the accompaniment of music.
From the result, it would be appropriate to introduce a method that can improve the non-visual-spatial cognitive ability to reduce the number of movements to the keyboard visually appears to be a possible option to train accompanist pianists, school teachers, and nursery teachers.

Free Research Field

ピアノ伴奏

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では熟達した伴奏ピアニストの伴奏時の視線動向を分析し、伴奏時には鍵盤や歌手への直視が少ないという特性を明らかにした。
特に伴奏中の歌手への視線移動に関しては初心者は回数が多く、経験を積むほどその回数が少なくなり、熟練者は調査した4曲中3曲でその視線移動回数は0回であった。この結果は伴奏ピアニストは伴奏中に必ずしも歌手を直視する必要はなく、歌手の音楽（歌唱）表現そのものから情報を得ることにより自らの伴奏表現を行うことの重要性を示すものとなった。