Syncopation creates the sensation of groove in synthesized music examples

In order to better understand the musical properties which elicit an increased sensation of wanting to move when listening to music – groove – we investigate the effect of adding syncopation to simple piano melodies, under the hypothesis that syncopation is correlated to groove. Across two experimen...

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Main Authors: George eSioros, Marius eMiron, Matthew eDavies, Fabien eGouyon, Guy eMadison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01036/full