The eye–hand span (EHS) is the separation between eye position and hand position when
sight-reading music. It can be measured in two ways: in notes (the number of notes between …

Experts in many domains use their domain-specific knowledge to rapidly locate relevant
information. To explore this ability in music reading, we contrasted the eye movements of 30 …

Temporal and sequential components of the eye movement used by a skilled and a less-
skilled sightreader were used to construct six profiles of processing. Each subject read three …

IN CONTRAST TO SIMILAR RESEARCH IN TEXT reading, research in the eye movements
used to read music is relatively undeveloped. Though simpler measures such as the eye …

Music sight reading is an extensively studied area of expertise. Past research has
established that the eye movement (EM) patterns of expert and non-expert music sight …

Though eye-tracking is typically a methodology applied in the visual research domain,
recent studies suggest its relevance in the context of music research. There exists a …

Background Sight reading is a functional skill which is required by all musicians, however
the differences between individuals in sight reading achievement have not yet been fully …

Eye-hand span, ie, the distance between a performer's fixation and execution of a note, has
been regarded as a decisive indicator of performers' competence in sight-reading. However …

Sight reading is a functional skill which is essential for all musicians involved in particular
fields of western classical music culture. In the last decade, expertise theory has shown that …

When sight-reading a piece of music the eyes constantly scan the score slightly ahead of
music execution. This separation between reading and acting is commonly termed eye-hand …