Experience of Groove Questionnaire

Abstract

In recent empirical research, the experience of groove (i.e., the pleasant sense of wanting to move along with the music) has come into focus. By developing the new Experience of Groove Questionnaire (EGQ), Senn et al. (2020) have provided a standardized and validated research instrument for future studies, consisting of the two correlated factors Urge to Move and Pleasure. The present study reports the translation of the English version into German and a validation with a German sample (N = 455). The original version’s factor structure was confirmed by the German data. Test-retest reliability was found to be high (rtt > .85) for both factors. To determine convergent validity, two other scales were included: The Drum Pattern Quality Scale (Frühauf, Kopiez, & Platz, 2013) and the Aesthetic Emotions Scale (Schindler et al., 2017) showed high correlations (.78 < r < .87) with the two factors of the EGQ and therefore indicated convergent validity. We conclude that the German version shows good psychometric properties and recommend its use for future research on the experience of groove.

An SEM approach to validating the psychological model of musical groove.

“…The 16 experimental stimuli used in the experiment are listed in Table 1. Eight of the stimuli (WON, CAS, KOU, MAL, MAH, ANG, SHA, and BRO) were relevant to the development of the Experience of Groove Questionnaire, which introduced the urge to move ( MOV ) and pleasure ( PLE ) scales (Düvel et al, 2021; Senn et al, 2020). These stimuli were selected with the explicit intention of triggering extreme urge to move and pleasure reactions in listeners.…”

“…The testing of the model hypotheses requires an inventory of psychometric scales that are capable of measuring the perceived intensity of listeners’ cognitive processes. In recent years, we first developed two psychometric scales that measure listeners’ subjective experience of an urge to move in response to the music and listening pleasure (Experience of Groove Questionnaire; Düvel et al, 2021; Senn et al, 2020). Recently, we developed three additional scales that measure the inner representation of temporal regularity , time-related interest , and energetic arousal caused by the music (Senn et al, 2022).…”

Dissecting the groove experience: The role of instrumentation, low-level audio features, and personal musical background.

“…The list of the final stimulus pool comprising 36 songs can be found in . Readers are encouraged to listen to the stimuli (available from https://osf.io/k6aum/?view_only=fdb634e9f1da471d8d5b945ac6c80df6; Düvel et al, 2022).…”

“…For all materials used, we considered the citation standards and formats suggested by the American Psychological Association (2020). The analyzed data and the analysis scripts are available from https://osf.io/k6aum/?view_only=fdb634e9f1da471d8d5b945ac6c80df6 (Düvel et al, 2022). Raw data and the script for descriptive analyses can be obtained from the corresponding author on request.…”

“…To measure the experience of groove triggered by the stimuli, we used the German version of the EGQ (Düvel et al, 2021; Senn et al, 2020). This model consists of the factors Urge to Move and Pleasure, each of which contains three items.…”