Effect of Bow Camber and Mass Distribution on Violinists' Preferences and Performance.
acoustic
bow
musical analysis
preference
violin
Journal
Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
02
09
2021
accepted:
12
10
2021
entrez:
22
11
2021
pubmed:
23
11
2021
medline:
23
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Little is known about how bow mechanical characteristics objectively and quantitatively influence violinists' preferences and performance. Hypothesizing that the bow shape (i.e., camber) and mass distribution modifications would alter both violinists' appreciations of a bow and objective assessments of their performance, we recruited 10 professional violinists to play their own violin using 18 versions of a single bow, modified by combining three cambers and six mass distributions, in random order. A musical phrase, composed for this study, was played legato and spiccato at three octaves and two tempi. Each violinist scored all 18 bows. Then, experts assessed the recorded performances according to criteria inspired by basic musical analysis. Finally, 12 audio-descriptors were calculated on the same note from each trial, to objectivise potential acoustic differences. Statistical analysis (ANOVA) reveals that bow camber impacted the violinists' appreciations (
Identifiants
pubmed: 34803855
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.769831
pmc: PMC8595599
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
769831Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Tomezzoli, Michaud, Gagné, Begon and Duprey.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
EG was employed by Wilder & Davis. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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