Felipe VerdugoUniversité de Montréal | UdeM · Faculty of Music
Felipe Verdugo
D.Mus.
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Introduction
Additional affiliations
July 2019 - present
July 2018 - July 2019
Laboratoire de simulation et modélisation du mouvement
Position
- PostDoc Position
March 2016 - present
Education
September 2013 - December 2017
January 2012 - May 2016
September 2008 - June 2010
Publications
Publications (13)
Repetitive movements are considered a risk factor for developing practice-related musculoskeletal disorders. Intra-participant kinematic variability might help musicians reduce the risk of injury during repetitive tasks. No research has studied the effects of proximal motion (i.e., trunk and shoulder movement) on upper-limb movement variability in...
During fatiguing piano tasks, muscle fatigue develops differently between expert pianists. Differences in neuromotor strategies employed could explain a slower rate of fatigue development. The objective was to compare muscle activation and kinematic variabilities between ShortDuration (i.e., pianists with less endurance) and LongDuration groups. Re...
The aims of this study were to i) evaluate proximal-to-distal sequencing (PDS) in pianists’ attack and release movements during pressed-staccato keystrokes, and ii) investigate if trunk motion facilitates PDS of upper-limb movements. Nine expert pianists performed a series of loud pressed-staccato keystrokes. Kinematic data was recorded with a 3 D...
Muscle fatigue is considered as a risk factor for developing playing-related muscular disorders among professional pianists and could affect musical performance. This study investigated in 50 pianists the effect of fatiguing repetitive piano sequences on the development of forearm muscle fatigue and on piano performance parameters. Results showed s...
Playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMDs) in pianists can lead to the cessation of performance-related activities. A better understanding of the impact of performance parameters on muscle activities could help improve prevention of pianists’ PRMDs. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of touch and articulation (two performance...
Music performance involves continuous muscle activity of different body parts. Activity of more distal body segments which directly interact with the instrument usually relates to the actual production of sound. However, muscle activations of more proximal segments, including the trunk, might relate to the expressive content of the musical idea bei...
Piano performance involves several levels of motor abundancy. Identification of kinematic strategies that enhance performance and reduce risks of practice-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD) represents an important research topic since more than half of professional pianists might suffer from PRMD during their career. Studies in biomechanics h...
Introduction
La contemplation et la perception d’une œuvre d’art au complet implique le regard et l’orientation de la tête. Cette dernière dépend des informations proprioceptives du cou. L’application des vibrations sur les muscles du cou stimulent ces informations, et peut générer des réponses posturales. Nous voulons déterminer si l’application d...
Inspired by a particular approach to piano performance developed and taught at Université de Montréal, the objective of this study is to effectively assess the role and contribution of proximal-body segments to the finger and hand velocities in terms of joint kinematics during the production of loud tones. For this purpose, 12 pianists performed ri...
Focusing on a variety of perspectives discussing the creative industries, this research note pursues two distinct but complementary goals. On the one hand, as a conceptual overview, the first section presents some definitions of the notions of creative industries, creative cities and creative economy as well as critical perspectives in order to poi...
Projects
Projects (4)
The main objective of the project is to develop an analysis approach of pianists’ gestures that will help determine the contribution of muscle activity in both musical expression and sound production. The project involves two phases. First, the documentation (through explicitation interviews with pianists) of musical and extra-musical elements linked to their expressive intentions based on their experience at the instrument. Second, the evaluation of the effect of a performance with and without engagement of the elements linked to expressive intentions previously defined on: 1) muscle activity of different parts of the pianists' body (upper limbs, trunk, neck), and 2) the evolution of musical parameters controlled by pianists (variations in tempo and dynamics, articulation, nuances of timbre).
The project’s objective is to develop optimal holistic gestures that minimize the risk of musculoskeletal disorders while ensuring a fine control of sound production. Based on the optimal control theory, the simulation of piano performance from gesture to sound will be obtained using a multi-body biomechanical model combined with a sound production model of the piano mechanism.
