摘要：Previous work has identified a transfer of domain-specific corporeal skill to a related task such that musicians are more accurate when synchronizing with conductors’ gestures if they themselves have some prior conducting experience. The present study built upon this work, which used rather simple conducting gestures, by examining synchronization with more complex gestures. Participants were presented with life-size point-light representations of traditional three-beat conducting gestures, and had to tap in synchrony with the beat in each case. As in previous work, participants with previous conducting experience demonstrated higher levels of synchronization accuracy compared to those with no such previous experience. In addition, a positive relationship between tempo and accuracy was identified, while the first beat of each measure received the most accurate responses overall. The transfer of domain-specific corporeal skill in this context highlights the benefit of offering conducting tuition to ensemble musicians in order to improve their synchronization with the conductor.
