Usability of violin and viola shoulder rest

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Usability in music, Ergonomics in music, Violin and viola shoulder rest, Accessories of music instruments

Abstract

The attributes required for product development can be assessed and verified by usability. For musicians of violin and viola, accessories as shoulder rest are needed to improve the position, to minimize muscle tension in the neck and release the left hand for typing the notes. Even so problems such as musculoskeletal complaints are reported in the literature. Therefore, this study evaluated the shoulder rest used by 10 musicians from an orchestra using the principles of usability, and investigates the musicians perception related to satisfaction, effectiveness and efficiency of them, using questionnaires with open questions. The problems are related to usability being the shoulder rests considered effective to instrumental practice and they need to be more efficient, making the correct posture maintained and minor musculoskeletal events are generated due to the inadequate settings of accessories.

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Fausto Kothe, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

Fausto Kothe: Graduated in Music (Bachelor of viola) at the Federal University of Santa Maria (2004). He has participated in the activities of the Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra (OSPA), Paraná Symphony Orchestra (OSINPA), Caxias do Sul Symphony Orchestra, UNISINOS Symphony Orchestra, Santa Maria Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfônica de Santa Catarina (OSSCA), Camerata Florianópolis, Orquestra Filarmônica de Jaraguá do Sul, Orquestra de Câmara de Caçador, and Orquestra da Universidade Positivo. He worked as a teacher during the years 2006-2009 in high school and elementary schools and between the years 2011-2013 as a professor of the Music course of the Santa Catarina State University. He has a master's degree in Music from the Federal University of Paraná.

Clarissa Stefani Teixeira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Clarissa Stefani Teixeira: Professor, Department of Knowledge Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina. PhD in Production Engineering from UFSC. She has tutorial training in Distance Education from UFPR and professional experience in distance education teaching. She has experience in elaborating and managing projects with funding agencies such as: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES). She works in the research lines of worker's health and safety.

Érico Pereira Gomes Felden, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Érico Felden Pereira: Is a professor at the Santa Catarina State University. He has undergraduate, master's and doctorate degrees in Physical Education and is a specialist in Physical Activity, Motor Performance and Health. He is a professor in the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Human Movement Sciences at UDESC in the research lines Physical Activity and Health and Motor Behavior. He has experience in Physical Education and Health, working, especially, on the following topics: motor learning and human development, sleep/wake cycle, worker's health and body image.

Eugenio Andrés Díaz Merino, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Eugenio Andrés Díaz Merino: Holds a degree in Industrial Design from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1993), a master's degree in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1996) and a doctorate in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2000). He is currently a professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina and coordinates the Design Management Center and the Design and Usability Laboratory.

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2015-11-10

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Kothe, Fausto, Clarissa Stefani Teixeira, Érico Pereira Gomes Felden, and Eugenio Andrés Díaz Merino. 2015. “Usability of Violin and Viola Shoulder Rest”. Per Musi, no. 32 (November):1-27. https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/38460.

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