title: Influence of vibrotactile feedback on some perceptual features of violins.
abstract: This paper investigated how auditory and vibrotactile feedback information is integrated within the context of violin quality evaluation. Fifteen violinists evaluated three violins on four criteria-"Rich Sound," "Loud and Powerful," "Alive and Responsive," and "Pleasure"-during a perceptual experiment. Violinists first evaluated the violins one at a time under three experimental conditions: (1) playing, (2) listening to it (played by a professional player) in an active way by fingering the score on an isolated neck, (3) same as (2) with vibrotactile feedback provided at the isolated neck. Violinists were then asked to evaluate the violins through pairwise comparisons under condition (3): Each violin was paired with itself while the level of vibrations of the isolated neck was either the original one or divided by two. The first part of the experiment demonstrated that Loud and Powerful judgments were affected by the presence of vibrations given that violins were rated louder in condition (3) than in (2). In the second part, violins were rated more positively with original vibration level at the isolated neck than with half the level, for all criteria but Alive and Responsive. Consistently with sensory interaction, the magnitude of the enhancement remained relatively constant across violins.
authors.affiliation: Institut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, and UMR CNRS 7190, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Indiana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wollman
authors.affiliation: Institut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, and UMR CNRS 7190, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fritz
authors.affiliation: Institut Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, and UMR CNRS 7190, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poitevineau
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D004644:Emotions; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008144:Loudness Perception; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D013016:Sound; D014110:Touch; D014732:Vibration; D055815:Young Adult