Successful approaches to mental practice : A case study of four pianists
Loimusalo, N., Huovinen, E., & Puurtinen, M. (2019). Successful approaches to mental practice : A case study of four pianists. Music Performance Research, 9, 101-127. http://www.mpronline.net/Issues/Volume%209%20[2019]/MPR%200130%20Loimusalo%20(101-127).pdf
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Musicians often use mental practice for enhancing performance, but
individuals may have different preferences and skills in their characteristic,
individually successful ways of carrying out such practice. In this study, we focus
on the approaches to mental practice of four pianists who, according to the ratings
of a panel of expert judges, showed outstanding improvement in their
performances following their mental practice of a new piece in at least one of the
two conditions: silent reading of the score or reading the score while
simultaneously listening to the music. The four pianists’ approaches to mental
practice were studied through self-reports in post-task interviews that were
compared with eye-tracking data gathered during the actual mental practice. In
successful mental practice, the pianists relied on their experience and the skills
they had practised in audiation, use of recordings, imaginary rehearsal, and
structural analysis. The results encourage musicians to explore their characteristic
approaches to mental practice, and to deliberately practise and develop versatile
mental practice skills in order to apply them flexibly in different musical situations.
Eye tracking was found to be a useful tool for validating and supplementing
musicians’ subjective self-descriptions and for revealing covert mental processes
in the context of music reading.
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