Standstill to the 'beat'

Żelechowska, Agata; González-Sánchez, Víctor; Jensenius, Alexander Refsum

doi:10.1145/3411109.3411139

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“…Such drive toward automatically moving to music has been shown empirically in a series of “stand still” competitions. Specifically, when asked to stand still, participants exhibit a greater amount of movement when musical stimuli are presented compared with silent moments (González-Sánchez et al, 2018; Zelechowska et al, 2020).…”

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Groove as a multidimensional participatory experience

Duman

Snape

Danso

et al. 2023

Psychology of Music

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Groove is a popular and widely used concept in the field of music. Yet, its precise definition remains elusive. Upon closer inspection, groove appears to be used as an umbrella term with various connotations depending on the musical era, the musical context, and the individual using the term. Our aim in this article was to explore different definitions and connotations of the term groove so as to reach a more detailed understanding of it. Consequently, in an online survey, 88 participants provided free-text descriptions of the term groove. A thematic analysis revealed that groove is a multifaceted phenomenon, and participants’ descriptions fit into two main categories: music- and experience-related aspects. Based on this analysis, we propose a contemporary working definition of the term groove as used in the field of music psychology: “Groove is a participatory experience (related to immersion, movement, positive affect, and social connection) resulting from subtle interaction of specific music- (such as time- and pitch-related features), performance-, and/or individual-related factors.” Importantly, this proposed definition highlights the participatory aspect of the groove experience, which participants frequently mentioned, for example describing it as an urge to be “involved in” the music physically and/or psychologically. Furthermore, we propose that being immersed in music might be a prerequisite for other experiential qualities of groove, whereas the social aspect could be a secondary quality that comes into play as a consequence of musical activity. Overall, we anticipate that these findings will encourage a greater variety of research on this significant yet still not fully elucidated aspect of the musical experience.

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Groove as a multidimensional participatory experience

Duman

Snape

Danso

et al. 2023

Psychology of Music

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“…Specifically for handwriting, the rhythm of music may act as a rigid constraint for the writers, pushing the individual writing velocity. For instance, people have been shown that they cannot "standstill to the 'beat"' even when they try to [23]. While musification can certainly be useful in specific use cases, the present authors wanted to explore natural mappings as a more general design concept for sonifying handwriting and explore their effects and acceptance.…”

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A Natural Sonification Mapping for Handwriting

Gross-Vogt,

Rachdi,

Frank

2024

J. Audio Eng. Soc.

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The sonification of handwriting has been shown effective in various learning tasks. In this paper, the authors investigate the sound design used for handwriting interaction based on a simple and cost-efficient prototype. The authentic interaction sound is compared with physically informed sonification designs that employ either natural or inverted mapping. In an experiment, participants copied text and drawings. The authors found simple measures of the structure-borne audio signal that showed how participants were affected in their movements, but only when drawing. In contrast, participants rated the sound features differently only for writing. The authentic interaction sound generally scored best, followed by a natural sonification mapping.

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“…This is exemplified in activities such as music, dance, rowing and marching (McNeill, 1997). Synchrony may emerge spontaneously, as rhythmic sounds often induce involuntary bodily entrainment in adults (Zelechowska et al, 2020). This capacity for spontaneous sensorimotor synchronisation appears to be limited to a small and distantly related number of animal species, among which humans display a particular ability (Fitch, 2013).…”

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Processing fluency for visual synchrony perception

Bamford

Tarr²,

Cohen³

2023

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Prior research has found that interpersonal synchrony increases social closeness and cooperation: this is often referred to as the synchrony-bonding effect. Most explanations for this synchrony-bonding effect rely upon higher-order social cognition (e.g. shared goals or self-other merging). Relatively little attention has been given to the perceptual experience of synchrony, and the low-level perceptual mechanisms involved, such as processing fluency. In two pre-registered experiments, we tested the novel hypothesis that synchrony (congruent movement) is easier to process than non-synchrony. In Study 1, no effect of direction congruency on performance was detected. However, Study 2 found a significant effect of speed congruency. This indicates decreased processing load when stimuli are moving at the same speed. We then discuss how these reduced visual stimuli may relate to naturalistic periodic movement. Crucially, the effect observed here does not rely upon social stimuli and may operate at an early stage of perceptual processing. This is an initial step in establishing a novel theory of the synchrony-bonding effect, based upon the principles of processing fluency.

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Standstill to the 'beat'

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

Groove as a multidimensional participatory experience

Groove as a multidimensional participatory experience

A Natural Sonification Mapping for Handwriting

Processing fluency for visual synchrony perception

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