Recording Analysis: How the Record Shapes the Song identifies and explains how the
sounds imparted by recording processes enhance the artistry and expression of recorded …

Musical expertise improves the precision of timing perception and performance–but is this
expertise generic, or is it tied to the specific style (s) and genre (s) of one's musical training …

Researchers have argued that temporal microdeviations from the metric grid, such as those
produced by musicians in performance, are crucial to making a musical rhythm groovy and …

Challenges of diversity are being raised around the world, for example in response to#
MeToo and Black Lives Matter. Against this background, this article, adapted from a keynote …

Shaping events at the microlevel of rhythm is an important aspect of many groove-based
musics. In the present study, we explore the interconnectedness of musical parameters such …

Body movements play a crucial role in music performance and perception, and they do so
well beyond those devoted to sound production itself. Various movements related to the …

Fifty years ago, in September 1964, the journal of a young Society for Ethnomusicology
published the 'Symposium on Transcription and Analysis: A Hukwe Song with Musical Bow' …

Music often evokes a regular beat and a pleasurable sensation of wanting to move to that
beat called groove. Recent studies show that a rhythmic pattern's ability to evoke groove …

The TIME project: Timing and Sound in Musical Microrhythm (2017–2022) studied
microrhythm; that is, how dynamic envelope, timbre, and center frequency, as well as the …

We present a novel model for the characterization of musical rhythms that is based on the
pervasive rhythmic phenomenon of syncopation. Syncopation is felt when the sensation of …