When sight-reading a score, a timpanist needs to decide in real-time which stick to use to
play a specific note while interpreting the musical material. Our main point of inquiry seeks to …

We explored how the melodic structure (that can determine the fingering) and the meter
would affect visual encoding (ie, fixation measured by an eye tracking device), visuo-motor …

The goal of this study was to assess the ability of North American adults to synchronize and
continue their tapping to complex meter patterns in the presence and absence of musical …

This thesis unites the fields of laterality and music by presenting two studies on handedness
in percussion performance. Handedness is a subcategory of laterality, and is generally …

when finger taps are synchronized with an isochronous click, it is known that tap-click
asynchrony and its variability increase with the interonset interval (IOI). It remains unclear …

Motor skills of professional musicians can be regarded as a model to investigate human skill
acquisition after prolonged practice. Although rhythmic tapping skills of musicians such as …

Many everyday tasks such as typing, grasping, and object manipulation require coordination
of dynamic movement across multiple joints and digits. Playing a musical instrument is also …

In this study, we explored how the modality (major and minor) would affect the input (ie,
fixation), visuo-motor coordination (ie, eye-hand span and time of performance), and …

Music commonly induces the feeling of a regular beat (ie, a metrical structure) in listeners.
However, musicians can also intentionally impose a beat (ie, a metrical interpretation) on a …

Two experiments investigated the impact of two structural factors—musical tonality and
musical texture—on pianists' ability to play by sight without prior preparation, known as …