Table 4
Classification of comments verbalised by the violinists in the free evaluation test. Representative comments in French for each sub-category are provided in quotation marks (translations to English by the authors).
| Category | Sub-category | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Heaviness | Heaviness | Heavier/Lighter (“Plus/moins lourd/léger”) |
| Mass distribution | Heavier/Lighter at the tip/middle/frog, lots/lack of weight at the t./m./f., weight distribution (“Plus/moins lourd/léger au/à la pointe/milieu/talon”, “trop/manque de poids au/à la p./m./t., répartition du poids”) | |
| Spiccato | Spiccato | Comments on differences in spiccato, comfort in spiccato, spiccato quality, and the position of the bouncing point (referred to as “point de sautillé”) |
| Playability | Playability | Comments about ease of playing at the frog/tip/in general, entering the string, grip, stability (“plus/moins facile à jouer au talon/pointe/en général”, “entrer dans la corde”, “adhérence”, “stabilité”) |
| Comfort | Comments about comfort/ease at the tip/frog/in general (“Confortable/à l'aise à la pointe/au talon/en général”) | |
| Other | Other | Comments on sound quality, preference, definition, weakness, precision, balance of sound… |
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