Fantastic four! Problem-solving processes of a professional string quartet

Roesler, Rebecca A.

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“…In other words, performers' brain activity could act as a prompt for problem-solving behavior alongside other prompts used by teachers and co-performers (cf. Roesler, 2017Roesler, , 2022. Another potential application for performance settings could be to examine whether neural activity reflecting selfother integration and distinction extends to audience members who engage with the musical performance (e.g., by moving or singing along with the music).…”

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Alpha oscillations related to self-other integration and distinction during live orchestral performance: A naturalistic case study

Christensen

Slavik

Nicol

et al. 2022

Psychology of Music

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Ensemble music performance requires musicians to achieve precise interpersonal coordination while maintaining autonomous control over their own actions. To do so, musicians dynamically shift between integrating other performers’ actions into their own action plans and maintaining a distinction between their own and others’ actions. Research in laboratory settings has shown that this dynamic process of self-other integration and distinction is indexed by sensorimotor alpha oscillations. The purpose of the current descriptive case study was to examine oscillations related to self-other integration and distinction in a naturalistic performance context. We measured alpha activity from four violinists during a concert hall performance of a 60-musician orchestra. We selected a musical piece from the orchestra’s repertoire and, before analyzing alpha activity, performed a score analysis to divide the piece into sections that were expected to strongly promote self-other integration and distinction. In line with previous laboratory findings, performers showed suppressed and enhanced alpha activity during musical sections that promoted self-other integration and distinction, respectively. The current study thus provides preliminary evidence that findings from carefully controlled laboratory experiments generalize to complex real-world performance. Its findings also suggest directions for future research and potential applications of interest to musicians, music educators, and music therapists.

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Alpha oscillations related to self-other integration and distinction during live orchestral performance: A naturalistic case study

Christensen

Slavik

Nicol

et al. 2022

Psychology of Music

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Autonomous 4? Learners’ Collaborative Problem Solving in Chamber Music Rehearsals With and Without a Coach

Roesler

2024

String Research Journal

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This investigation explored collaborative problem solving with and without a coach by analyzing problem-solving (PS) and problem-solving-prompting (PSP) behaviors by group members and coaches in six total coached rehearsals with three collegiate string quartets, and six autonomous rehearsals with the same string quartets. Teachers’ and learners’ PS and PSP behaviors were compared in three settings: autonomous chamber music rehearsals, chamber music rehearsals with a coach, and one-to-one instruction. Coaches and students performed the same problem-solving component behaviors and most of the same PSP behaviors as observed in one-to-one instruction and in rehearsals of a professional chamber ensemble. As in one-to-one instruction, coaches could engage learners in problem solving, and in this setting invite them to collaborate with one another, by asking questions and varying the specificity of feedback and directives. Coaches’ Attention Directives preceded the most learner problem solving and collaborative engagement. During autonomous rehearsals learners often switched leadership roles fluidly, often prompting one another to problem solve. Implications for a pedagogy of coaching and inclusion of small ensembles within music education are discussed.

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Fantastic four! Problem-solving processes of a professional string quartet

Cited by 2 publications

References 46 publications

Alpha oscillations related to self-other integration and distinction during live orchestral performance: A naturalistic case study

Alpha oscillations related to self-other integration and distinction during live orchestral performance: A naturalistic case study

Autonomous 4? Learners’ Collaborative Problem Solving in Chamber Music Rehearsals With and Without a Coach

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