Motor functions in trumpet playing—a real-time MRI analysis

Schumacher, Martin; Schmoor, Cl.; Plog, A.; Schwarzwald, Ralf; Taschner, C. A.; Echternach, Matthias; Richter, Bernhard; Spahn, Claudia

doi:10.1007/s00234-013-1218-x

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“…The scientific literature to date is limited with regard to describing activity within the mouth during brass performance comparable to the present study. One of the first papers utilizing MRI by Schumacher et al [ 29 ] studied trumpet players, and found that there are concomitant increases in posterior oral cavity area with increasing pitch and loudness. It is noteworthy that these increases were not present in the anterior oral cavity of the performers as these remained small throughout the studied note range.…”

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Divergent oral cavity motor strategies between healthy elite and dystonic horn players

et al. 2015

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BackgroundThis paper describes the use of real-time magnetic resonance imaging in visualizing and quantifying oral cavity motor strategies employed by 6 healthy, elite horn players and 5 horn players with embouchure dystonia.MethodsSerial images with an acquisition time of 33.3 ms were obtained from each performer during execution of an 11-note harmonic series encompassing 2.5 octaves on a magnetic resonance imaging-compatible horn. A customized MATLAB toolkit was employed for the extraction of line profiles from magnetic resonance imaging films allowing comparative analyses between elite and dystonic horn players.ResultsThe data demonstrate differing motor strategies, particularly in moving from the 6th through 9th harmonics. The elite horn player strategy features elevation and anterior displacement of the tongue during ascending sequences, whereas dystonic players showed significantly less movement. The elite horn players thus narrowed the air channel on higher notes, presumably affording faster airflow for vibration of the lips at higher frequencies.ConclusionsWe postulate that failure to employ this strategy by dystonic horn players may require greater tension in the embouchure muscles to compensate for slower air speed. Though this may simply be an expression of or adaptation for dystonia, the possibility that it may be a contributing factor in the development of embouchure dystonia is suggested.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40734-015-0027-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Divergent oral cavity motor strategies between healthy elite and dystonic horn players

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“…Previous studies have shown that movements of the tongue occurring in French horn players are seen during the performance of specific exercises that require the performer to play different notes at different loudness levels (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12). The extent to which these movements are coordinated in time is presently unknown, however, such information may be useful to brass students and teachers if coincident movement contributes to successful performance.…”

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“…Real-time magnetic resonance imaging has been utilized as a method for obtaining descriptive and quantitative kinematic information in a wide variety of applications. Among these are cardiac dynamics (1)(2)(3)(4), speech (5), swallowing (6), and oral cavity movements during brass instrument performance (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12).…”

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Simultaneous dual-plane, real-time magnetic resonance imaging of oral cavity movements in advanced trombone players

Iltis¹,

Heyne²,

Frahm³

et al. 2019

Quant. Imaging Med. Surg

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Background: This paper describes the use of real-time magnetic resonance imaging to simultaneously obtain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) videos in both a sagittal and coronal plane during the performance of a musical exercise in five advanced trombone players. Methods: Dual-slice recordings were implemented in a frame-interleaved manner with 20 ms acquisitions per frame to achieve two interleaved videos at a rate of 25 frames per second. A customized MATLAB toolkit was used for the extraction of line profiles from MRI videos to quantify tongue movements associated with exercise performance from both perspectives. Results: Across all subjects, the analyses revealed precise coupling of vertical movements of the dorsal tongue surface (DTS), viewed from a sagittal perspective, with reduction in the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the air channel formed between the DTS and the hard palate, viewed from a coronal perspective. The cross-correlation between these movements was very strong (mean R=0.967). Conclusions: These results demonstrate the unique utility of this dual-slice technology in describing the coordination of complex tongue movements occurring in two planes (i.e., three directions) simultaneously, lending a deeper understanding of lingual motor control during trombone performance.

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“…With the recent development of cine magnetic resonance imaging (cine MRI) technology, we can now observe the brass players' oropharyngeal area. Previous studies have used similar technology for professional players of the trumpet (1 player, Kaburagi; 4 12 players, Schumacher 5 ) and French horn (more than 20 players, Iltis [6][7][8] ). Furthermore, Iltis examined amateur-level trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba players.…”

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Fundamental Tongue Motions for Trumpet Playing: A Study Using Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Cine MRI)

Furuhashi

Chikui

Inadomi

et al. 2017

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

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Motor functions in trumpet playing—a real-time MRI analysis

Abstract: The present study shows that it is possible to measure motor function and its implications on oral as well as pharyngeal cavities during sound generation in brass instruments. These changes seem to follow a reproducible pattern.

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Divergent oral cavity motor strategies between healthy elite and dystonic horn players

Divergent oral cavity motor strategies between healthy elite and dystonic horn players

Simultaneous dual-plane, real-time magnetic resonance imaging of oral cavity movements in advanced trombone players

Fundamental Tongue Motions for Trumpet Playing: A Study Using Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Cine MRI)

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