Abstract
This study examines the relevance of the characteristics of flow experience to intrinsic motivation during piano playing. The theory of task-value is suitable for evaluating an aspect of intrinsic motivation as autonomous learning motivation and the value of fulfillment and satisfaction. Participants who have musical abilities but are not professional musicians, performed music of a subject 5 times for an hour each time. They completed the Academic Task-Value Evaluation Scale before performing and the Flow Experience Checklist afterwards. The interest value had a significant correlation with all of the subscales of the Flow Checklist (r=.581-.846, ps<.01). These results suggest that both professional and non-expert musicians can experience flow, if any task could measure up to their value of interest. We propose to better understand how much value of and interest for a challenging task people have that makes it easier for them to enjoy everyday life.
