Complex hand dexterity: A review of biomechanical methods for measuring musical performance

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Metcalf, Cheryl D ^a   Irvine, Thomas A ^a   Sims, Jennifer L ^a   Wang, Yu L ^b   Su, Alvin W Y ^b   Norris, David O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Expertise; Hand; Health; Kinematics; Musical performance; Novice; Piano; Virtuoso

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904539898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00414     Document Type: Review

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