In this chapter we discuss the implications of our research in the wider context of current models of brain function, endeavoring to understand the consequences of score-dependence and improvisation in terms of the ‘predicting brain’, the dual-stream model of perception and action, the procedural-declarative …

Procedureel leren is een ‘intelligent’ leerproces waarbij het brein in de volgorde van zowel de klanken die wij horen als de bewegingen die wij maken, patronen waarneemt, en daardoor in staat is om de muzikale ‘toekomst’ beter te voorspellen en daarop te anticiperen. Wij spreken een muziektaal waarvan …

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 …

The realization of one’s musical ideas at the keyboard is dependent on the ability to transform sound into movement, a process called audiomotor transformation. Using fMRI, we investigated cerebral activations while classically‐trained improvising and non‐improvising musicians imagined playing along …

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 …

The realization of one’s musical ideas at the keyboard is dependent on the ability to transform sound into movement, a process called audiomotor transformation. Using fMRI, we investigated cerebral activations while classically-trained improvising and non-improvising musicians imagined playing along …

Op de workshop Meer Muziek in de Klas, tijdens de Cultuur en Onderwijs Beurs, zal Robert Harris het belang van muziek bij de opvoeding toelichten. Muziek is niet alleen kunst en expressie, het is ook een unieke natuurlijke eigenschap van de mens. Behalve met de prosodie, de grammatica en de emotie van …

The functional and anatomical distinction between vision-for-perception and vision-for-action, the hallmark of the dual-stream Perception-Action Model, is equally applicable to the auditory domain, implying that non-conscious audition-for-action could play an important role in music performance. Ear …