Performance Creativity Research

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

in today's graun

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/01/musicians-creative-research-muse

and on youtube

[amateur51]

A fascinating project, good film too. I look forward to their research findings being published.

I wonder if the issue of handedness ever comes up in this sort of work?

[MrGongGong]

A fascinating project, good film too. I look forward to their research findings being published.

I wonder if the issue of handedness ever comes up in this sort of work?

I haven't watched it yet
but I did meet a pianist several years ago who had been taking part in a series of research experiments about handedness. The researchers had made a reverse piano (with the high notes at the "bottom") and were doing experiments into whether it was possible to switch , and how long it took to change from playing a normal piano etc He said it was fascinating stuff and really strange to have to switch from one to the other , I think it was part of a brain research project ? (but I can't remember who it was ? apart from we were at the RAM and I was doing a project with young musicians and he was the friend of one of the players I was working with ....... hummm I wonder what happened to it ? )

[amateur51]

I haven't watched it yet
but I did meet a pianist several years ago who had been taking part in a series of research experiments about handedness. The researchers had made a reverse piano (with the high notes at the "bottom") and were doing experiments into whether it was possible to switch , and how long it took to change from playing a normal piano etc He said it was fascinating stuff and really strange to have to switch from one to the other , I think it was part of a brain research project ? (but I can't remember who it was ? apart from we were at the RAM and I was doing a project with young musicians and he was the friend of one of the players I was working with ....... hummm I wonder what happened to it ? )

Hmmm sounds fascinating too, MrGG.

As a predominant (but not exclusive) lefty I've always been interested in this oft-neglected aspect of research and for a programme about creativity I'd have thought that it was a potentially significant aspect to be explored.