Music-Based/Inspired Scientific Research and Liberal Arts Education
Kazutoshi Kudo, 喜代美 豊田 · 2022
Music has been a common culture in human society since ancient times, and is also one of the basic subjects in the liberal arts. The skills of playing music can be improved through prolonged practice. In this chapter, we will introduce scientific research based on/inspired by music, and also the practice of music education as a liberal arts education based on the tacit knowledge of musician and explicit knowledge from scientific findings. For scientific research inspired by music, we will introduce neuroscientific and dynamical approach to elucidate human sensorimotor skills to achieve advanced musical performance. Regarding music education practice, we will introduce the contents of “human body as a musical instrument: practice and science of vocal music,” which was offered as a specialized seminar at the College of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo.