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Real-Time Sound and Motion Feedback for Violin Bow Technique Learning: A Controlled, Randomized Trial

The production of good sound generation in the violin is a complex task that requires coordination and spatiotemporal control of bowing gestures. The use of motion-capture technologies to improve performance or reduce injury risks in the area of kinesiology is becoming widespread. The combination of...

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Autores principales: Blanco, Angel David, Tassani, Simone, Ramirez, Rafael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8107276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33981275
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648479
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description The production of good sound generation in the violin is a complex task that requires coordination and spatiotemporal control of bowing gestures. The use of motion-capture technologies to improve performance or reduce injury risks in the area of kinesiology is becoming widespread. The combination of motion accuracy and sound quality feedback has the potential of becoming an important aid in violin learning. In this study, we evaluate motion-capture and sound-quality analysis technologies developed inside the context of the TELMI, a technology-enhanced music learning project. We analyzed the sound and bow motion of 50 participants with no prior violin experience while learning to produce a stable sound in the violin. Participants were divided into two groups: the experimental group (N = 24) received real-time visual feedback both on kinematics and sound quality, while participants in the control group (N = 26) practiced without any type of external help. An additional third group of violin experts performed the same task for comparative purposes (N = 15). After the practice session, all groups were evaluated in a transfer phase without feedback. At the practice phase, the experimental group improved their bowing kinematics in comparison to the control group, but this was at the expense of impairing the sound quality of their performance. At the retention phase, the experimental group showed better results in sound quality, especially concerning control of sound dynamics. Besides, we found that the expert group improved the stability of their sound while using the technology. All in all, these results emphasize the importance of feedback technologies in learning complex tasks, such as musical instrument learning.
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spelling pubmed-81072762021-05-11 Real-Time Sound and Motion Feedback for Violin Bow Technique Learning: A Controlled, Randomized Trial Blanco, Angel David Tassani, Simone Ramirez, Rafael Front Psychol Psychology The production of good sound generation in the violin is a complex task that requires coordination and spatiotemporal control of bowing gestures. The use of motion-capture technologies to improve performance or reduce injury risks in the area of kinesiology is becoming widespread. The combination of motion accuracy and sound quality feedback has the potential of becoming an important aid in violin learning. In this study, we evaluate motion-capture and sound-quality analysis technologies developed inside the context of the TELMI, a technology-enhanced music learning project. We analyzed the sound and bow motion of 50 participants with no prior violin experience while learning to produce a stable sound in the violin. Participants were divided into two groups: the experimental group (N = 24) received real-time visual feedback both on kinematics and sound quality, while participants in the control group (N = 26) practiced without any type of external help. An additional third group of violin experts performed the same task for comparative purposes (N = 15). After the practice session, all groups were evaluated in a transfer phase without feedback. At the practice phase, the experimental group improved their bowing kinematics in comparison to the control group, but this was at the expense of impairing the sound quality of their performance. At the retention phase, the experimental group showed better results in sound quality, especially concerning control of sound dynamics. Besides, we found that the expert group improved the stability of their sound while using the technology. All in all, these results emphasize the importance of feedback technologies in learning complex tasks, such as musical instrument learning. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8107276/ /pubmed/33981275 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648479 Text en Copyright © 2021 Blanco, Tassani and Ramirez. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Blanco, Angel David
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Ramirez, Rafael
Real-Time Sound and Motion Feedback for Violin Bow Technique Learning: A Controlled, Randomized Trial
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title_fullStr Real-Time Sound and Motion Feedback for Violin Bow Technique Learning: A Controlled, Randomized Trial
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title_short Real-Time Sound and Motion Feedback for Violin Bow Technique Learning: A Controlled, Randomized Trial
title_sort real-time sound and motion feedback for violin bow technique learning: a controlled, randomized trial
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8107276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33981275
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