Music on the timing grid: The influence of microtiming on the perceived groove quality of a simple drum pattern performance

Musicae Scientiae

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 246-260

  Frühauf, Jan ^a   Kopiez, Reinhard ^a   Platz, Friedrich ^a  

^a Hanover University of Music and Drama   (Germany)

Author keywords

drumming; empirical aesthetics; groove; microtiming; music perception; rhythm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878900150     PISSN: 10298649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1029864913486793     Document Type: Article

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