Marimba, mallet and mind – enhancing the marimba sound by Ki-aikido approach

Henrik Knarborg Larsen; Ole Adrian Heggli; Bjørn Petersen

doi:10.1080/09298215.2019.1657465

Marimba, mallet and mind – enhancing the marimba sound by Ki-aikido approach

Henrik Knarborg Larsen, Ole Adrian Heggli, Bjørn Petersen

Institut for Klinisk Medicin - Center for Music in the Brain

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Abstract

This study highlights the potential benefits of applying physico-mental strategies from the Japanese martial art Ki-aikido in the general approach to teaching and playing percussion instruments. Two groups of percussion students played an exercise on marimba before and after either a Ki-aikido or a control instruction. Between-group Fourier analyses were robust and showed a significant effect of the Ki-aikido intervention, indicated by a change in the harmonic distribution in the instrument’s timbre. By contrast, subjective ratings by marimba experts were less consistent and showed no effect of the intervention on any parameter. More research into the field is encouraged.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal of New Music Research
Vol/bind	48
Nummer	5
Sider (fra-til)	469-478
Antal sider	10
ISSN	0929-8215
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/09298215.2019.1657465
Status	Udgivet - aug. 2019

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Marimba, Ki-aikido, timbre, sound quality, spectral analysis

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