The purpose of this study was to document the lived experiences of flow during an optimal music performance. Fifteen undergraduate musicians (Mage = 19, 53% male) participated in in-depth, semi-structured interviews, where they were asked to describe an optimal performance experience. Results from an inductive qualitative analysis revealed three main themes: environmental context, emotional connectedness and interpersonal relationships, which synthesised the optimal performance experience. The results also suggest that flow among musicians appears to be a common emotional state and similar to that conceptualised in sport. The ways a musician experiences flow are important, as these can help music educators gain a better understanding of the conceptualisation of flow within music performance. However, given the nuanced differences in the sociocultural environment of a flow experience typical in a sport or music performance, additional research into the divergences of domains may be warranted.

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“倾尽所有”：音乐家的最佳表演体验

本研究的目的是记录在最佳音乐表演期间心流的生活体验。十五名本科音乐家（米年龄= 19, 53% 男性）参加了深入的半结构化访谈，他们被要求描述最佳的绩效体验。归纳定性分析的结果揭示了三个主要主题：环境背景、情感联系和人际关系，它们综合了最佳绩效体验。结果还表明，音乐家之间的心流似乎是一种常见的情绪状态，类似于运动中的概念化。音乐家体验心流的方式很重要，因为这些可以帮助音乐教育者更好地理解音乐表演中心流的概念化。然而，鉴于运动或音乐表演中典型的心流体验在社会文化环境中的细微差别，可能需要对领域的差异进行额外的研究。