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The sensation of groove is affected by the interaction of rhythmic and harmonic complexity

The pleasurable desire to move to music, also known as groove, is modulated by rhythmic complexity. How the sensation of groove is influenced by other musical features, such as the harmonic complexity of individual chords, is less clear. To address this, we asked people with a range of musical exper...

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Autores principales: Matthews, Tomas E., Witek, Maria A. G., Heggli, Ole A., Penhune, Virginia B., Vuust, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6328141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30629596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204539
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author Matthews, Tomas E.
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description The pleasurable desire to move to music, also known as groove, is modulated by rhythmic complexity. How the sensation of groove is influenced by other musical features, such as the harmonic complexity of individual chords, is less clear. To address this, we asked people with a range of musical experience to rate stimuli that varied in both rhythmic and harmonic complexity. Rhythm showed an inverted U-shaped relationship with ratings of pleasure and wanting to move, whereas medium and low complexity chords were rated similarly. Pleasure mediated the effect of harmony on wanting to move and high complexity chords attenuated the effect of rhythm on pleasure. We suggest that while rhythmic complexity is the primary driver, harmony, by altering emotional valence, modulates the attentional and temporal prediction processes that underlie rhythm perception. Investigation of the effects of musical training with both regression and group comparison showed that training increased the inverted U effect for harmony and rhythm, respectively. Taken together, this work provides important new information about how the prediction and entrainment processes involved in rhythm perception interact with musical pleasure.
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spelling pubmed-63281412019-02-01 The sensation of groove is affected by the interaction of rhythmic and harmonic complexity Matthews, Tomas E. Witek, Maria A. G. Heggli, Ole A. Penhune, Virginia B. Vuust, Peter PLoS One Research Article The pleasurable desire to move to music, also known as groove, is modulated by rhythmic complexity. How the sensation of groove is influenced by other musical features, such as the harmonic complexity of individual chords, is less clear. To address this, we asked people with a range of musical experience to rate stimuli that varied in both rhythmic and harmonic complexity. Rhythm showed an inverted U-shaped relationship with ratings of pleasure and wanting to move, whereas medium and low complexity chords were rated similarly. Pleasure mediated the effect of harmony on wanting to move and high complexity chords attenuated the effect of rhythm on pleasure. We suggest that while rhythmic complexity is the primary driver, harmony, by altering emotional valence, modulates the attentional and temporal prediction processes that underlie rhythm perception. Investigation of the effects of musical training with both regression and group comparison showed that training increased the inverted U effect for harmony and rhythm, respectively. Taken together, this work provides important new information about how the prediction and entrainment processes involved in rhythm perception interact with musical pleasure. Public Library of Science 2019-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6328141/ /pubmed/30629596 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204539 Text en © 2019 Matthews et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Vuust, Peter
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title The sensation of groove is affected by the interaction of rhythmic and harmonic complexity
title_full The sensation of groove is affected by the interaction of rhythmic and harmonic complexity
title_fullStr The sensation of groove is affected by the interaction of rhythmic and harmonic complexity
title_full_unstemmed The sensation of groove is affected by the interaction of rhythmic and harmonic complexity
title_short The sensation of groove is affected by the interaction of rhythmic and harmonic complexity
title_sort sensation of groove is affected by the interaction of rhythmic and harmonic complexity
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6328141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30629596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204539
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