Work

Mapping timing and intensity strategies in drum-kit performance of a simple back-beat pattern

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: We explored how drummers express a ‘back-beat’ pattern with different timing styles (laid-back, on-beat, pushed) via stroke onset and intensity features. Based on hierarchical clustering analyses and phylogenetic trees, we found three main strategies: (1) ‘general earliness/lateness’, where most instruments are consistently played earlier/later in time relative to a metrical grid; (2) ‘early/late flam’, where at least one instrument is played as a flam; and (3) ‘ambiguously early/late compound sound’, where in a dyad, one instrument is played synchronously with the grid, and the other early/late. Intensity strategies were not used uniformly to exclusively distinguish between laid-back/pushed and on-beat timing.

Source: Journal of New Music Research

DOI: 10.1080/09298215.2022.2150649

Authors: Guilherme Schmidt Câmara, George Sioros, Anne Danielsen

Institution: University of Oslo

Language: English

Topic: Music Technology and Sound Studies

Subfield: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Universitetet i Oslo, Norges Forskningsråd, Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet

Awards: G3262589823, G5433767065, G7311193691, G7805646569, G8216689292