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Article: Eye-Hand Span is not an Indicator of but a Strategy for Proficient Sight-Reading in Piano Performance

TitleEye-Hand Span is not an Indicator of but a Strategy for Proficient Sight-Reading in Piano Performance
Authors
Keywordscognition
eye movement
female
hand
human
Issue Date2019
PublisherNature Research (part of Springer Nature): Fully open access journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.nature.com/srep/index.html
Citation
Scientific Reports, 2019, v. 9, p. article no. 17906 How to Cite?
AbstractEye-hand span, i.e., the distance between a performer’s fixation and execution of a note, has been regarded as a decisive indicator of performers’ competence in sight-reading. However, integrated perspectives regarding the relationship between eye-hand span and sight-reading variables have been less discussed. The present study explored the process of sight-reading in terms of three domains and their interrelations. The domain indicators included musical complexity and playing tempo (musical domain), eye-hand span (cognitive domain), and performance accuracy (behavioural domain). Thirty professional pianists sight-read four musical pieces with two different complexities and playing tempi. We measured the participants’ eye-hand span, evaluated their performance accuracy, and divided the participants into three groups according to their performance accuracy values. Interestingly, we found that the eye-hand span did not change solely based on the performance accuracy. In contrast, the relationship between the eye-hand span and performance accuracy changed according to the difficulty of the sight-reading task. Our results demonstrate that the eye-hand span is not a decisive indicator of sight-reading proficiency but is a strategy that can vary according to the difficulty of sight-reading tasks. Thus, proficient sight-readers are performers who are skilled at adjusting their eye-hand span instead of always maintaining an extended span.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/291079
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.900
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dc.contributor.authorLim, Y-
dc.contributor.authorPark, JM-
dc.contributor.authorRhyu, SY-
dc.contributor.authorChung, CK-
dc.contributor.authorKim, Y-
dc.contributor.authorYi, SW-
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-02T05:51:15Z-
dc.date.available2020-11-02T05:51:15Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationScientific Reports, 2019, v. 9, p. article no. 17906-
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/291079-
dc.description.abstractEye-hand span, i.e., the distance between a performer’s fixation and execution of a note, has been regarded as a decisive indicator of performers’ competence in sight-reading. However, integrated perspectives regarding the relationship between eye-hand span and sight-reading variables have been less discussed. The present study explored the process of sight-reading in terms of three domains and their interrelations. The domain indicators included musical complexity and playing tempo (musical domain), eye-hand span (cognitive domain), and performance accuracy (behavioural domain). Thirty professional pianists sight-read four musical pieces with two different complexities and playing tempi. We measured the participants’ eye-hand span, evaluated their performance accuracy, and divided the participants into three groups according to their performance accuracy values. Interestingly, we found that the eye-hand span did not change solely based on the performance accuracy. In contrast, the relationship between the eye-hand span and performance accuracy changed according to the difficulty of the sight-reading task. Our results demonstrate that the eye-hand span is not a decisive indicator of sight-reading proficiency but is a strategy that can vary according to the difficulty of sight-reading tasks. Thus, proficient sight-readers are performers who are skilled at adjusting their eye-hand span instead of always maintaining an extended span.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherNature Research (part of Springer Nature): Fully open access journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.nature.com/srep/index.html-
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Reports-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectcognition-
dc.subjecteye movement-
dc.subjectfemale-
dc.subjecthand-
dc.subjecthuman-
dc.titleEye-Hand Span is not an Indicator of but a Strategy for Proficient Sight-Reading in Piano Performance-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailKim, Y: younkim@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityKim, Y=rp01216-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-019-54364-y-
dc.identifier.pmid31784611-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC6884463-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85075801695-
dc.identifier.hkuros317787-
dc.identifier.volume9-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 17906-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 17906-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000499886600001-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl2045-2322-

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