Musical Dynaformics is a discipline aimed at supporting the mastery of musical expertise and preventing injuries toward a vision of realizing sustainable development of musical expression. The goal of this discipline is to establish optimal training and practice methods that allow musicians to create a variety of performances without harming their bodies, supporting mastery of skills and improvement of biological functions while preventing injuries.

Background of Music Dynaformics

Mastering virtuosic performance requires music education and physical education targeting four essential areas: musicality, interpretation, biological functions and technical skills.

Traditionally, "musicality" and "interpretation" have been covered in many areas of music education and research disciplines. Lectures on harmony and analysis have been provided at educational institutions worldwide.

Biological functions and technical skills associated with virtuosic musical performances, on the other hand, have not been provided sufficiently or studied empirically.

Such functions and skills are characterized by the co-optimization of speed and accuracy of movements, independent and coordinated movement control between the fingers and hands, and the integration of multimodal sensory and motor information in a real-time manner.

If musicians attempt to acquire those functions and skills through extensive hours and years of deliberate practice, without proper knowledge and methods, they not only lose opportunities acquiring virtuosity, but also potentially suffer from movement disorders and injuries such as focal dystonia. Even those who successfully acquire virtuosity cannot pass on explicit knowledge and methods to the next generation.

Comparison with Sports Science

In the field of sports, various disciplines such as sports science, nutrition, training, and coaching have developed, leading to improvements in athletes' performance and solutions to injuries. By contrast, what about in the field of music? The issues of musicians struggling to fully embody their creativity despite undergoing repeated practice and injuring themselves during practice continue to persist. The bottleneck behind this is that scientific research on musical performance has not been systematically performed, unlike sports science.

Significance of Musical Dynaformics

Musical Dynaformics gives musicians unique opportunities to express themselves without physical constraints, leading to the creation of wonderful novel musical expression. Its primary mission is to move musical performance forward, from the stage of body, to the stage of expression.

Research outcomes are fed back to educators and musicians at conservatories and institutions worldwide. Based on the knowledge gained and feedback from the field (i.e. practicing and teaching), we will seamlessly accelerate the "circular research" that further improves research and development in a goal-directed manner. Science for musicians will make it possible for musicians to acquire skills to embody their creativity and pass it on to the next generation, granting our world cultural enrichment through the coevolution of an open system forming artists, educators, and the audience.