The Effect of Expert Performance Microtiming on Listeners' Experience of Groove in Swing or Funk Music.

ABSTRACT: This study tested the influence of expert performance microtiming on listeners' experience of groove. Two professional rhythm section performances (bass/drums) in swing and funk style were recorded, and the performances' original microtemporal deviations from a regular metronomic grid were scaled to several levels of magnitude. Music expert (n = 79) and non-expert (n = 81) listeners rated the groove qualities of stimuli using a newly developed questionnaire that measures three dimensions of the groove experience (Entrainment, Enjoyment, and the absence of Irritation). Findings show that music expert listeners were more sensitive to microtiming manipulations than non-experts. Across both expertise groups and for both styles, groove ratings were high for microtimi

SUBMITTER: Senn O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5050221 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature