The influence of executive functions on eye-hand span and piano performance during sight-reading.

ABSTRACT: The ability to perform an unrehearsed piece of music, or sight-read, is a skill required by music performers. In sight-reading, the performer reads and plays the music simultaneously, which requires the coordination of visual, auditory, and motor processing. While performing, they display a characteristic called eye-hand span, in which the part of the score being looked at precedes the part being played. They must recognize, decipher, and process the score in the time between reading a note and playing it. An individual's executive function (EF) that control their cognition, emotions, and behavior may be involved in overseeing these individual movements. However, no study has investigated how EF is related to the eye-hand span and performance during sight-reading. Therefore, the purpose of

SUBMITTER: Imai-Matsumura K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10153706 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature