This study highlights the potential benefits of applying physico-mental strategies from the Japanese martial art Ki-aikido in the general approach to teaching and playing percussion instruments. Two groups of percussion students played an exercise on marimba before and after either a Ki-aikido or a control instruction. Between-group Fourier analyses were robust and showed a significant effect of the Ki-aikido intervention, indicated by a change in the harmonic distribution in the instrument’s timbre. By contrast, subjective ratings by marimba experts were less consistent and showed no effect of the intervention on any parameter. More research into the field is encouraged.

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马林巴、木槌和心灵——通过 Ki-aikido 方法增强马林巴的声音

这项研究强调了在教学和演奏打击乐器的一般方法中应用日本武术 Ki-aikido 的生理心理策略的潜在好处。两组打击乐学生在 Ki-aikido 或控制指令之前和之后进行了马林巴练习。组间傅立叶分析是稳健的，并显示出 Ki-aikido 干预的显着效果，这表明乐器音色中谐波分布的变化。相比之下，马林巴琴专家的主观评价不太一致，并且显示干预对任何参数都没有影响。鼓励对该领域进行更多研究。