Exploring relationships between pianists' body movements, their expressive intentions, and structural elements of the music

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-40

  Thompson, Marc R ^a   Luck, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

expressive body movement; gestures; motion capture; performance conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858696563     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1029864911423457     Document Type: Article

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