Il terzo ciclo di studi superiori e la ricerca in campo musicale: un’esperienza su quando e quanto “pensare con il corpo” può diventare importante per un musicista
Author | Fiammetta Facchini |
Series | per archi |
Nr. | 10 (marzo 2018) |
Size | 17×24, pp. 169 |
Year | 2018 |
ISBN | 9788870969337 |
The case study looked at psychological and physiological responses to stress in musicians, comparing a newly formed and a consolidated violin-piano duo. The common element between these duos was the pianist. Using psychological tests (STAI Y1 and Y2, K-MPAI, MMPI-2, ICAC), the immunoassay saliva test to measure cortisol (stress hormone) and the non-invasive device VitalJacket® developed at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, participants were monitored under various performance conditions. Other quantitative and qualitative dataset were collected including a personal diary kept by the pianist, semi-structured interviews with members of long-term chamber music duo and perceptual evaluations (listening test) of the performances by expert listeners. The variables included two performance venues (European university and secondary school), as well as well-known repertoire, recently known repertoire. The psychological and physiological datasets were collected for a total of eight recitals – two series of four recitals each. The unexpected results show that state anxiety levels of the pianist are always higher when playing with a well-known partner, due to higher expectations, the desire “to do well” and, probably, mirror neurons.