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 …

What is it about groove in music that makes people move? And what explains the physical
pleasure listeners and dancers experience as they synchronise their bodies to the beat? In …

In general, microtiming is considered to be an important factor for the perceived quality of
rhythms. Our experiment analyzed the influence of early or late time shift of both bass drum …

The prevailing approach to bar lengths in pop/rock music uses the standard rock drum beat
as a model, whereby the kick is assigned to beats 1 and 3 and the snare to beats 2 and 4 in …

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 …

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between audio descriptors for
groove-based electronic dance music (EDM) and raters' perceived cognitive, affective, and …

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects and relationships of selected musical
variables on the horizontal (ie, successive eighth note timing relationships) and vertical (ie …

This chapter examines a piece of popular music in general and a mainstream song in
particular we have to broaden not only our idea of what a song is made of but also the aims …

Existing books on the analysis of popular music focus on theory and methodology and
normally discuss parts of songs briefly as examples. In this book the obverse is true: songs …

Music is surrounded by movement, from the arching back of the guitarist to the violinist
swaying with each bow stroke. To John Paul Ito, these actions are not just a visual display; …