Groove in drum patterns as a function of both rhythmic properties and listeners' attitudes.

ABSTRACT: Music psychology defines groove as humans' pleasureable urge to move their body in synchrony with music. Past research has found that rhythmic syncopation, event density, beat salience, and rhythmic variability are positively associated with groove. This exploratory study investigates the groove effect of 248 reconstructed drum patterns from different popular music styles (pop, rock, funk, heavy metal, rock'n'roll, hip hop, soul, R&B). It aims at identifying factors that might be relevant for groove and worth investigating in a controlled setting in the future. Drum patterns of eight bars duration, chosen from 248 popular music tracks, have been transcribed and audio reconstructions have been created on the basis of sound samples. During an online listening experiment, 665 participants rat

SUBMITTER: Senn O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6025871 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature