Self-Strength Program in Musical Performance of Violin Students

• Autor(a) principal: da Silva, Levi Leonido Fernandes
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Manuard, Philippe
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://eras.mundis.pt/index.php/eras/article/view/52
• topic: Prevention; sound richness; Habits of prevention; Violin; Motor control; Musicality benefits; Prevenção; Produção sonora; Rotina de prática sadia; Violino; Controle motor; Benefício musical

This study tries to convince the violin players that a good practice of prevention is not only beneficial for joints and muscles, but also for their ability of playing in tune and producing a rich sound. On a violin arm, there is no way to localize the exact position where to put the finger to play the desired note , as the arm has no fret as for instance on the guitar arm. The right position relies on a good motor control, and on training. The sound produced is the result of different factors as the pressure of the bow, the speed of the friction, the left hand vibrato, the way the violin is held, and all those elements rely on the muscle control. A group of 12 violinists was trained to a special program of prevention, using a distal tension reinforced by a central tension produced by the diafragma in inspiration apneia. Statistics showed small evidence of modification on tuning notes and sound production. But the self-evaluation of the instrumentists one month, and more than a year after let us think that this is a promising way to research and try to install habits of prevention based on the benefits of a better musicality.