Investigating Periodic Body Motions as a Tacit Reference Structure in Norwegian Telespringar Performance

Haugen, Mari Romarheim

doi:10.18061/emr.v11i3-4.5029

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“…This is an example of a piece with an asymmetrical beat pattern, characterized by a long–medium–short duration patter. This track has also been used in studies of rhythmic reference structures (Haugen, 2017 ).…”

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Correspondences Between Music and Involuntary Human Micromotion During Standstill

2018

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The relationships between human body motion and music have been the focus of several studies characterizing the correspondence between voluntary motion and various sound features. The study of involuntary movement to music, however, is still scarce. Insight into crucial aspects of music cognition, as well as characterization of the vestibular and sensorimotor systems could be largely improved through a description of the underlying links between music and involuntary movement. This study presents an analysis aimed at quantifying involuntary body motion of a small magnitude (micromotion) during standstill, as well as assessing the correspondences between such micromotion and different sound features of the musical stimuli: pulse clarity, amplitude, and spectral centroid. A total of 71 participants were asked to stand as still as possible for 6 min while being presented with alternating silence and music stimuli: Electronic Dance Music (EDM), Classical Indian music, and Norwegian fiddle music (Telespringar). The motion of each participant's head was captured with a marker-based, infrared optical system. Differences in instantaneous position data were computed for each participant and the resulting time series were analyzed through cross-correlation to evaluate the delay between motion and musical features. The mean quantity of motion (QoM) was found to be highest across participants during the EDM condition. This musical genre is based on a clear pulse and rhythmic pattern, and it was also shown that pulse clarity was the metric that had the most significant effect in induced vertical motion across conditions. Correspondences were also found between motion and both brightness and loudness, providing some evidence of anticipation and reaction to the music. Overall, the proposed analysis techniques provide quantitative data and metrics on the correspondences between micromotion and music, with the EDM stimulus producing the clearest music-induced motion patterns. The analysis and results from this study are compatible with embodied music cognition and sensorimotor synchronization theories, and provide further evidence of the movement inducing effects of groove-related music features and human response to sound stimuli. Further work with larger data sets, and a wider range of stimuli, is necessary to produce conclusive findings on the subject.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Correspondences Between Music and Involuntary Human Micromotion During Standstill

2018

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“…However, this wide distribution of isochrony does not preclude other principles of rhythmic organization. For instance, metric cycles may contain non-isochronous beats, which is often the case in musical styles from Scandinavia, the Balkans, Turkey, the Near East, and Australia, among others (see Bates, 2011;Brȃiloiu, 1951Brȃiloiu, /1984Cler, 1994;During, 1997;Goldberg, 2015Goldberg, , 2017Haugen, 2016;Holzapfel, 2015;Johansson, 2009Johansson, , 2017Kvifte, 2007;Marcus, 2007;. Furthermore, isochronous metric beats can contain subdivisions related by complex integer or non-integer ratios; such ''swung'' rhythms feature prominently in the Sahel and Savannah zones of sub-Saharan Africa (Kubik, 2010, pp.…”

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Rhythmic Prototypes Across Cultures

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It has long been assumed that rhythm cognition builds on perceptual categories tied to prototypes defined by small-integer ratios, such as 1:1 and 2:1. This study aims to evaluate the relative contributions of both generic constraints and selected cultural particularities in shaping rhythmic prototypes. We experimentally tested musicians’ synchronization (finger tapping) with simple periodic rhythms at two different tempi with participants in Mali, Bulgaria, and Germany. We found support both for the classic assumption that 1:1 and 2:1 prototypes are widespread across cultures and for culture-dependent prototypes characterized by more complex ratios such as 3:2 and 4:3. Our findings suggest that music-cultural environments specify links between music performance patterns and perceptual prototypes.

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“…Perhaps this is the case because it eliminates human perception from the analytical process. As Haugen (2016) points out, rhythmic perception of meter depends on the perceived pulse and downbeat. It is also influenced by the familiarity of the listener with the genre in question.…”

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Commentary on Mari Romarheim Haugen: Investigating Periodic Body Motions as a Tacit Reference Structure in Norwegian Telespringar Performance

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2017

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This study investigates periodic body motion (foot-tapping and vertical hip motions) as a reference structure in a specific style of traditional Norwegian dance music called telespringar. The intimate relationship between music and motion is often highlighted in rhythm studies of telespringar, so this study encompasses both sound and motion analyses. It is based on a motion capture study of three telespringar performers, examining the foot-stamping of one fiddler and vertical hip motions of two dancers. The results indicate that rather than being primarily derived from the sound itself, the underlying rhythmic structures in telespringar depend upon a shared and embodied knowledge of the underlying asymmetrical reference structure that is implicit in the production and perception of telespringar. I explore here how the methodology used by the author might be further justified and explored. I will also propose ways in which the article could be made more accessible to researchers who question the universality of research outcomes arrived at using laboratory-based experimental settings.

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Investigating Periodic Body Motions as a Tacit Reference Structure in Norwegian Telespringar Performance

Cited by 12 publications

References 27 publications

Correspondences Between Music and Involuntary Human Micromotion During Standstill

Correspondences Between Music and Involuntary Human Micromotion During Standstill

Rhythmic Prototypes Across Cultures

Commentary on Mari Romarheim Haugen: Investigating Periodic Body Motions as a Tacit Reference Structure in Norwegian Telespringar Performance

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