Design research is used to develop a piano method for use by Cochlear Implant users. The method is designed to promote audiomotor integration rather than visuomotor integration, but will not involve singing. It is based on our current understanding of brain function, in particular the concepts of the …

Sinds een aantal jaren weten wij dat het brein plastisch is, zowel dat van het kind als van de volwassene. Onder invloed van de activiteiten die wij ondernemen, verandert niet alleen het lijf, maar ook het brein. Daarom is musiceren gunstig voor de ontwikkeling en het behoud van de hersenen. Toch kunnen …

In deze presentatie, worden aan de hand van videovoorbeelden van pianolessen aan CI-gebruikers, de volgende vragen beantwoord: 1) Kunnen CI-gebruikers piano leren spelen? 2) Hoe geef je pianoles aan CI-gebruikers? 3) Heeft het een gunstige invloed op het gehoor? 4) Zijn er waardevolle neveneffecten? …

Vocale improvisatie door zowel musici als niet-musici wijst uit dat impliciete kennis van de muzieksyntax tijdens het zingen wordt aangeleerd. Zonder dat wij expliciet weten hoe de muziek in elkaar steekt, zijn wij in staat om de ‘regels’ van de westerse muziek in de praktijk toe te passen. Deze wijze …

Music is not only art. It is also biology. The unique characteristics of the brain which make it possible for us to sing a melody and to dance, give to music the unparalleled ability not only to stimulate body movement, but also to move us emotionally. Music is not only beautiful, it is who we are. …

Current models of brain function indicate that sensory input is not only processed in two anatomically and functionally separate pathways, but that perception is the product of a predicting brain and not purely a representation of the input to which it has access. Sensory modalities are furthermore intertwined, …

A practice-based research is presented investigating a method of teaching CI-recipients to play the piano with the goal of improving their aural perception. The method is based on the concept of ideomotor learning i.e. the development of a neural association between music and the movement that produces …

Three topics are discussed: audiomotor transformations in music, the aural perception of music, and procedural learning and music syntax. Biologically, the ability to make music and enjoy it is based on the innate capacities for beat induction and relative pitch (recognition of melodic contour). The …

The transformation of music into movement takes place while dancing, singing, and playing an instrument. The human capacity for beat induction facilitates rhythmic movement to the musical beat, a capacity share with only a few animals. While Parkinson patients are limited in their locomotive abilities, …

While improvisation is considered to be an art form, particularly in jazz, but also in eighteenth-century music, it may also be seen as an didactic instrument which can be used to develop implicit knowledge of music syntax. Two types of syntax may be distinguished: finite state grammars and hierarchical …