How Live Music Moves Us: Head Movement Differences in Audiences to Live Versus Recorded Music.

ABSTRACT: A live music concert is a pleasurable social event that is among the most visceral and memorable forms of musical engagement. But what inspires listeners to attend concerts, sometimes at great expense, when they could listen to recordings at home? An iconic aspect of popular concerts is engaging with other audience members through moving to the music. Head movements, in particular, reflect emotion and have social consequences when experienced with others. Previous studies have explored the affiliative social engagement experienced among people moving together to music. But live concerts have other features that might also be important, such as that during a live performance the music unfolds in a unique and not predetermined way, potentially increasing anticipation and feelings of involvem

SUBMITTER: Swarbrick D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6336707 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature