Unraveling mysteries of personal performance style; biomechanics of left-hand position changes (shifting) in violin performance

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dc.contributor.authorVisentin, Peter
dc.contributor.authorLi, Shiming
dc.contributor.authorTardif, Guillaume
dc.contributor.authorShan, Gongbing
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-17T00:28:48Z
dc.date.available2019-12-17T00:28:48Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionSherpa Romeo green journal. Open access article. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) appliesen_US
dc.description.abstractInstrumental music performance ranks among the most complex of learned human behaviors, requiring development of highly nuanced powers of sensory and neural discrimination, intricate motor skills, and adaptive abilities in a temporal activity. Teaching, learning and performing on the violin generally occur within musico-cultural parameters most often transmitted through aural traditions that include both verbal instruction and performance modeling. In most parts of the world, violin is taught in a manner virtually indistinguishable from that used 200 years ago. The current study uses methods from movement science to examine the “how” and “what” of left-hand position changes (shifting), a movement skill essential during violin performance. In doing so, it begins a discussion of artistic individualization in terms of anthropometry, the performer-instrument interface, and the strategic use of motor behaviors. Results based on 540 shifting samples, a case series of 6 professional-level violinists, showed that some elements of the skill were individualized in surprising ways while others were explainable by anthropometry, ergonomics and entrainment. Remarkably, results demonstrated each violinist to have developed an individualized pacing for shifts, a feature that should influence timing effects and prove foundational to aesthetic outcomes during performance. Such results underpin the potential for scientific methodologies to unravel mysteries of performance that are associated with a performer’s personal artistic style.en_US
dc.description.peer-reviewYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationVisentin, P., Li, S., Tardif, G., & Shan, G. (2015). Unraveling mysteries of personal performance style; biomechanics of left-hand position changes (shifting) in violin performance. PeerJ, 3, e1299. doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1299en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5635
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPeerJen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Musicen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Kinesiologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.publisher.institutionLudong Universityen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Albertaen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttps://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1299en_US
dc.subject3D motion captureen_US
dc.subjectBiomechanical modelingen_US
dc.subjectFine and complex human motor controlen_US
dc.subjectAnthropometryen_US
dc.subjectEntrainableen_US
dc.subjectPersonal artistic styleen_US
dc.subjectViolin performance
dc.subjectBiomechanical aspects of violin playing
dc.subjectLeft-hand position changes
dc.subjectShifting
dc.subject.lcshViolin--Instruction and study
dc.subject.lcshViolin--Instruction and study--Physiological aspects
dc.subject.lcshViolin--Performance
dc.subject.lcshViolinists--Health and hygiene
dc.subject.lcshMusic--Performance--Health aspects
dc.titleUnraveling mysteries of personal performance style; biomechanics of left-hand position changes (shifting) in violin performanceen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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