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Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Yamaguchi University Volume 43
published_at 1992-12

Playing the Piano : Analysis of EMG and the Piano Teaching

ピアノ演奏時における筋活動 : 筋電図の分析とピアノ指導
Descriptions
The purposeof this study is first to read the different action of muscles on the electromyogram (EMG) among three players, a beginner, a middle-skilled and a well-experienced player of the piano, and secondly to examine how that difference comes out on the experssion in their playing the piano. By analyzing the result of the experiment above, the present writer tries to find a method of teaching the fundamental technique to beginners.