Musical novices perform with equal accuracy when learning to drum alone or with a peer

Abstract The capacity of expert musicians to coordinate with each other when playing in ensembles or rehearsing has been widely investigated. However, little is known about the ability of novices to achieve satisfactory coordinated behaviour when making music together. We tested whether performance...

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Autores principales: Andrea Schiavio, Jan Stupacher, Elli Xypolitaki, Richard Parncutt, Renee Timmers
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/c3161ac547864b8c9a368a73f6ed684c
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Sumario:Abstract The capacity of expert musicians to coordinate with each other when playing in ensembles or rehearsing has been widely investigated. However, little is known about the ability of novices to achieve satisfactory coordinated behaviour when making music together. We tested whether performance accuracy differs when novices play a newly learned drumming pattern with another musically untrained individual (duo group) or alone (solo group). A comparison between musical outcomes of the two groups revealed no significant differences concerning performative accuracy. An additional, exploratory examination of the degree of mutual influence between members of the duos suggested that they reciprocally affected each other when playing together. These findings indicate that a responsive auditory feedback involving surprises introduced by human errors could be part of pedagogical settings that employ repetition or imitation, thereby facilitating coordination among novices in a less prescribed fashion.