%0 Journal Article
%T Peripheral Vision on Choral Singing: Practical and Didactical Proposals
%A Rui Matos
%A M¨®nica Antunes
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 5
%N 3
%P 1-8
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2018
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1104324
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">Humans can focus their attention upon a visual
location while capturing information from peripheral involvement. This is
particularly important in activities where decisive stimuli appear along our visual
field. This is the case of sports, car driving and, as we sustain, choir
singing. Singing in a choir implies, frequently, dividing attention for, at
least, music sheet and conductor. In fact, despite the ideal situation would be
not having to focus on the music sheet, allocating all attentional and
perceptive resources to the conductor, not always the music is so well known
and decorated that allows this total liberation. Thus, we propose the use o</span><span style="line-height:1.5;">f
some strategies to maximize the use of peripheral vision. Conductor¡¯s position
vis-¨¤-vis the choral singers, amplitude and placing of his gestures, color of
clothing to wear and positioning of the choral singers¡¯ music sheet are some of
those. Implications for educational purposes are stated.</span>
</div>
%K Peripheral Vision
%K Division of Attention
%K Choral Singing
%K Conductor
%K Eye Movement
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5293059