Kopiez et al. (this volume) empirically investigated the effect of playing from memory (more specifically, playing with a conspicuously visible music stand) on the evaluation of audiovisual recordings of solo instrumental performances. Their study, a replication of Williamon (1999), corroborates the finding that the presence of a music stand has a small but significant negative effect on performance evaluations. In this commentary, I present some possible explanations for this effect and discuss relevant implications for future research and for professional performers. I also provide some suggestions for improving the experimental design, such as using a better measure of musical sophistication, controlling for the potential visual distractor effect of the music stand, and developing a more comprehensive and statistically robust scale for evaluating performances.

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关于Kopiez，Wolf和Platz的评论：记忆发挥对绩效评估的影响

Kopiez等。（本卷）根据经验调查了从记忆中演奏（更具体地说，是在明显可见的乐谱架上演奏）对独奏乐器演奏的视听记录评估的影响。他们的研究是Williamon（1999）的复制品，证实了音乐架的存在对性能评估的影响很小但很明显。在这篇评论中，我将对此效果提供一些可能的解释，并讨论对未来研究和专业表演者的相关含义。我还提供了一些改进实验设计的建议，例如使用更好的音乐复杂度测量方法，控制乐谱架的潜在视觉干扰效果，