Published Papers
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An Investigation into the Relationship Between Onset Age of Musical Lessons and Levels of Sociability in Childhood
Frontiers in Psychology . 26 November 2018
Kawase S., Ogawa J., Obata S., and Hirano T.
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Motion analysis for musical performance
Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol. 72, No. 12, pp. 783-789, 2016, published in Japanese.
Kinoshita H., Obata S., and Hirano T.
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Mouthpiece Force and Biceps Brachii Muscle Activity while Playing the French Horn
Osaka Seikei University Bulletin, Vol. 1, pp. 86-89, 2015, published in Japanese.
Hirano T., Kinoshita H., and Yuuichi H.
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Facial Muscle Activity and Related Skin Movement During Playing the French horn
Biomechanisms 22: Physical Function: Assistance and Improvement Research, Vol. 36, pp. 27-36, 2014, published in Japanese
Hirano T., Nasu D., Obata S., and Kinoshita H.
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Orofacial Muscular Activity and Related Skin Movement During the Preparatory and Sustained Phases of Tone Production on the French horn
Motor Control, Volume 17, Number 3, pp.256-272, 2013
Hirano T., Kudo K., Ohtsuki T., and Kinoshita H.
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French horn Embouchure: An Electromyographic Facial Kinematic Study
The proc International Symposium on Performance Science, Association Europeenne des Conservatoires, pp. 28-31, 2013
Hirano T., Ohsawa C., Obata S., Kudo K., Ohtsuki T., and Kinoshita H.
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Embouchure-Related Muscular Activity and Accompanying Skin Movement for the production of Tone on the French horn
The proc 12th International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, pp. 23-28, 2012
Hirano T., Obata S., Ohsawa C., Kudo K., Ohtsuki T., and Kinoshita H.
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A Practice Indexes for Improving Facial Movements of Brass Instrument Players -To Keep the Embouchure Formation Unchanged during Performance-
IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems, Vol. 131, No. 10, pp. 1775-1785, 2011, published in Japanese.
Itou K., Hirano T., Noto K., Nishida S., and Ohtsuki T.
Presented at Academic Conferences
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Mouthpiece pressing force for pitch and loudness control in playing the French horn
Event: 5th joint meeting Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan
Venue: Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, USA
Date: 2ne December 2016
Presenters: Hirano T. and Kinoshita H.
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The relationship between proficiency and mouthpiece force control for French horn players
Event: SOBIM 2016
Venue: Toyama Prefectural University
Date: 12th November 2016
Presenters: Hirano T. and Kinoshita H.
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Measurement of mouthpiece force when playing the brass instrument
Event: The 47th Annual Conference in Yokohama (Japan Music Education Society)
Venue: Yokohama National University
Date: 8th October 2016
Presenters: Hirano T. and Kinoshita H.
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Mouthpiece force for pitch and loudness control while playing the brass instrument
Event: The 10th Meeting of Motor Control
Venue: Keio University
Date: 3rd September 2016
Presenters: Hirano T. and Kinoshita H.
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Mouthpiece Force in French horn Playing
Event: International Symposium on Performance Science 2015
Venue: Ryukoku University (Japan)
Date: 2-6 September 2015
Presenters: Hirano T. and Kinoshita H.
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The Relationship between Mouthpiece Force and Musical Tone when Playing the French horn
Event: Ongaku Symposium 2015
Venue: The University of Electro-Communications (Japan)
Date: 24th May 2015
Presenters: Hirano T. and Kinoshita H.
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The Relationship between Mouthpiece Force and Musical Tone when Playing Brass Instruments
Event: The 17th Kansai Young Researcher's Meeting by ASJ Kansai Branch
Venue: Kansai University
Date: 14th December 2014
Presenters: Hirano T. and Kinoshita H.
Award: Young Investigater Award
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The Measurement of Mouthpiece Force on the French horn
Event: The 25th Biomechanism Symposium
Venue: Okayama University
Date: 9th November 2014
Presenters: Hirano T. and Kinoshita H.
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The Force Exerted when French horn Players Press the Mouthpiece to the Lips
Event: The 26th Meeting of Musical Science
Venue: Mukogawa Women's University
Date: 22nd June 2014
Presenters: Hirano T. and Kinoshita H.
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Facial Muscle Activity and Related Skin Movement during Playing the French horn
Event: The 23rd Biomechanism Symposium
Venue: Hotel Rubino Kyoto Horikawa
Date: 27th July 2013
Presenters: Hirano T., Nasu D., Obata S., and Kinoshita H.
Commercial Magazines
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Yamaha Music Foundation 『ON-KEN SCOPE』（September 2014）
「ギネス級！？ホルン演奏を科学する」 (only Japanese site)
Awards
- Young Investigator Award
- Institution: The Japanese Society for Music Perception and Cognition
- Date: May 2010
- Honoree: Hirano T., Yoshie M., Kudo K., Ohtsuki T., and Kinoshita H.
- Title: 熟達化に伴うフレンチホルン演奏の表情筋活動変化 (only Japanese Title)
- Young Investigator Award
- Institution: Acoustical Society of Japan
- Date: December 2014
- Honoree: Hirano T. and Kinoshita H.
- Title: 金管楽器演奏時のマウスピースの力と音との関係 (only Japanese Title)