Introduction

A recent study looked at the effect of different types of performance focus in 23 musicians who were majoring and performance or pedagogy. It found that focusing more on filling a hall with sound led to more ring and a better quality of sound over all than focusing on the internal mechanics of vocal technique. Is this kind of focus sustainable beyond a few seconds? And perhaps most importantly, how would this type of focus affect technical accuracy? Would it help or hurt or maybe have no effect at all.