Investigating pianists' individuality in the performance of five timbral nuances through patterns of articulation, touch, dynamics, and pedaling

Bernays, Michel; Traube, Caroline

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00157

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“…In other words, music carries identity information. Individuality in music performance has recently attracted the attention of researchers in psychology and musicology [1,6,8]. However, whether musical individuality is linked to mechanisms of skill acquisition remains largely unexplored.…”

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confidence: 99%

Individuality in Piano Performance Depends on Skill Learning

Caramiaux

Bevilacqua

Palmer

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Movement Computing

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Expert musicians' performances embed a timing variability pattern that can be used to recognize individual performance. However, it is not clear if such a property of performance variability is a consequence of learning or an intrinsic characteristic of human performance. In addition, little evidence exists about the role of timing and motion in recognizing individual music performance. In this paper we investigate these questions in the context of piano playing. We conducted a study during which we asked non-musicians to perform a musical sequence at different speeds. Then we tested their learning performance at a fixed tempo. Focusing on the possibility to identify the participant based on performance features of timing and motion variability, we show that participant classification increases with practice. This suggests that 1) the individual timing signatures are affected by learning and 2) timing and motion variability is structured. Moreover, we show that motion features better classify individual performances than timing features.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Individuality in Piano Performance Depends on Skill Learning

Caramiaux

Bevilacqua

Palmer

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Movement Computing

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“…These dimensions include percussiveness, weight, and depth. Bernays and Traube (2014) also found meaningful variations in continuous keymotion profiles across four pianists, dependent both on individual style and their intended timbre in performance.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…The Bösendorfer 290SE and CEUS acoustic pianos incorporate sensors measuring the continuous angle of each key (500 Hz, 8-bit sampling on the CEUS; see Bernays and Traube 2014). The cost and scarcity of these instruments mean that few composers will make use of this capability, however.…”

Section: Measuring and Mapping Continuous Key Anglementioning

confidence: 98%

Buttons, Handles, and Keys: Advances in Continuous-Control Keyboard Instruments

McPherson

2015

Computer Music Journal

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The keyboard is one of the most popular and enduring musical interfaces ever created. Today, the keyboard is most closely associated with the acoustic piano and the electronic keyboards inspired by it, which share the essential feature of being discrete: Notes are defined temporally by their onset and release only, with little control over each note beyond velocity and timing. Many keyboard instruments have been invented, however, that let the player continuously shape each note. This article provides a review of keyboards whose keys allow continuous control, from early mechanical origins to the latest digital controllers and augmented instruments. Two of the author's own contributions will be described in detail: a portable optical scanner that can measure continuous key angle on any acoustic piano, and the TouchKeys capacitive multi-touch sensors, which measure the position of fingers on the key surfaces. These two instrument technologies share the trait that they transform the keys of existing keyboards into fully continuous controllers. In addition to their ability to shape the sound of a sustaining note, both technologies also give the keyboardist new dimensions of articulation beyond key velocity. Even in an era of new and imaginative musical interfaces, the keyboard is likely to remain with us for the foreseeable future, and the incorporation of continuous control can bring new levels of richness and nuance to a performance.

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“…dynamics) and MIDI parameters (e.g. MIDI notes colours or key velocity numbers) (BERNAYS;TRAUBE, 2014. BRESIN;BATTEL, 2000.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%