Influences of rhythm- and timbre-related musical features on characteristics of music-induced movement.

ABSTRACT: Music makes us move. Several factors can affect the characteristics of such movements, including individual factors or musical features. For this study, we investigated the effect of rhythm- and timbre-related musical features as well as tempo on movement characteristics. Sixty participants were presented with 30 musical stimuli representing different styles of popular music, and instructed to move along with the music. Optical motion capture was used to record participants' movements. Subsequently, eight movement features and four rhythm- and timbre-related musical features were computationally extracted from the data, while the tempo was assessed in a perceptual experiment. A subsequent correlational analysis revealed that, for instance, clear pulses seemed to be embodied with the whole

SUBMITTER: Burger B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3624091 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature