Hand movements and musical performance

Thomas E. Jerde; Marco Santello; Martha Flanders; John F. Soechting

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199298723.003.0005

Hand movements and musical performance

Thomas E. Jerde, Marco Santello, Martha Flanders, John F. Soechting

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Abstract

This chapter discusses movement kinematics in musical performance. Hand movements, like all movements, are subject to biomechanical and neural constraints. The design of musical instruments and the structure of musical compositions, as human inventions, undoubtedly conform to these constraints. This chapter discusses the influence of these constraints by extrapolating from observations on hand movements in musical performance. It also examines the extent of co-articulation in highly practiced behaviours such as typing, piano playing and finger spelling in American Sign Language.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Music, Motor Control and the Brain
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191700903
ISBN (Print)	9780199298723
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199298723.003.0005
State	Published - Mar 22 2012

Keywords

American sign language
Co-articulation
Finger spelling
Hand movements
Movement kinematics
Musical performance
Piano playing
Typing

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General Psychology

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