In the same "pianist" it turns out that the usage of the brain is different between jazz and classic

ByJaume Escofet

Even classical, jazz, or even rock, anyone who plays music with outstanding technique will be deprived of his / her eyes and ears. Although it is likely to be thought by people around you that "If you can play jazz that much, even if you can play classical, you can play with it, but in fact it is somewhat different in brain usage between jazz pianist and classical piano player , It is clarified by research.

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This study was conducted by a research team of Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (Human Cognitive Science and Brain Science Institute: MPI CBS) of the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany. By scientifically investigating the workings of the brain when jazz and classical pro pianists actually play music, even when they are playing with the same score being played, the brains of both players It is clear that the reaction that the brain shows is different.

Thirty pianists are invited to the study, half are professional jazz pianists with more than two years' career, and the remaining half are equal professional classical professional pianists. Each pianist was required to see the movement of the keyboard and hand displayed on the screen placed on the keyboard of the piano and to follow the movement. Although some mistakes are scattered on the performance of the screen, the pianist is still instructed to follow the screen, and the brain's activity is measured with the electric sensor attached to the head. In addition, at this time, the piano is set to muted silence to block external disturbing sounds and information.


The result became clear that it was a way of thinking to plan the movements of the fingers when playing between the pianists of both styles.

When playing the piano, regardless of the style, in principle the pianist needs to know what you are going to play from now. And this includes two things, "which key to hold down" and "how to move your finger".

From the research, it turned out that classical pianists concentrate consciousness mainly on "How to move fingers". In classical music, it is said that it is correct that the score is correctly played correctly, and the personal expression on it is correct, so the first step is to move the finger correctly and focus on the mistake-free performance I mean it.

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On the other hand, I know that jazz pianists mainly perform "what to play" in mind. Especially in the world of high degree of freedom in jazz, you need to adjust yourself to the performances of other players, and sometimes even if you are playing by yourself, you will need to change the performance content by the air at that time. Mr. Roberta Bianco, the main author of the paper, said that the jazz pianist uses the power of the brain for "flexibility of performance" says, "In fact, in jazz pianists, when playing the piano flexibly I found movement of the nerve planning a chord. "

Mr. Bianco said about the differences between the two brains: "When playing an unexpected chord in a standard chord progression, their brain began reshaping the performance more quickly than classical pianists.Therefore, jazz pianist "We were able to react effectively to change and continue performance." And, interestingly, classical pianists showed better performance than jazz pianists when following unusual fingering fingers. In these cases, the brain recognizes the fingers more strongly, and as a result, I know that fewer mistakes are made.

Daniela Samler, a neuroscientist at MPI CBS, said, "Through this research we have elucidated how accurately the brain is adapting to the requirements of the surrounding environment." Also, when fully understanding what happens in the brain when playing music, it has become apparent that concentrating on music of one genre is not enough, Mr. Samler said " In order to grasp the overall picture better, we need to search for the smallest common denominator of several genres. "

BySteven Pisano