Investigating pianists' individuality in the performance of five timbral nuances through patterns of articulation, touch, dynamics, and pedaling

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Bernays, Michel ^a   Traube, Caroline ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Articulation; B sendorfer CEUS; Expression; Individuality; Performance; Piano; Timbre; Touch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897939549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00157     Document Type: Article

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