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Spatio-temporal cues for synchronization with conductors' gestures (2008)

Luck, G. (2008). Spatio-temporal cues for synchronization with conductors' gestures. In K. Miyazaki, Y. Hiraga, M. Adachi, Y. Nakajima, & M. Tsuzaki (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition : ICMPC 10 ; 25.-29.August 2008 Sapporo, Japan (pp. 428-431). Hokkaido University.

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All authors or editors: Luck, Geoff

Parent publication: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition : ICMPC 10 ; 25.-29.August 2008 Sapporo, Japan

Parent publication editors: Miyazaki, Ken'ichi; Hiraga, Yuzuru; Adachi, Mayumi; Nakajima, Yoshitaka; Tsuzaki, Minoru

ISBN: 978-4-9904208-0-2

Publication year: 2008

Pages range: 428-431

Number of pages in the book: 146

Publisher: Hokkaido University

Place of Publication: Sapporo

Publication country: Japan

Publication language: English

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Additional information: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition 25-29 August. Sapporo, Japan. Julkaistu CD ROM -muodossa, abstraktit osoitteessa: http://jsmpc.org/ICMPC10/document/absbook.pdf

Abstract

The present study investigated the spatio-temporal characteristics of human movement that offer cues for between-person synchronization. The context chosen for the study was that of conductor-musician synchronization. Participants tapped in time with dynamic point-light representations of traditional conducting gestures in which the clarity of the beat and overall tempo was manipulated. A number of spatio-temporal features were computationally extracted from the movement data, and the relationship between the timing of participants’ synchronizations and these features examined. A series of linear regression analyses identified absolute acceleration along the trajectory as the main cue for synchronization, while beat clarity and tempo influenced the precise make-up of the emergent models. Overall,the regression models accounted for 48% – 73% of the variance in participants’ responses. These results support previous work that has identified acceleration along the trajectory of a movement as a ‘beat inducer’ using simpler stimuli, and suggest that temporal features of a movement trajectory may offer more reliable and stable cues for synchronization than spatial features.

Keywords: orchestras; leadership (activity); conductors (music); gestures; trajectories; movements; acceleration; timing; musicians; synchronizing

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