Date of Completion
2024
Document Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Mathematics and Statistics
Thesis Type
College of Arts and Science Honors, Honors College
First Advisor
Patricia Julien
Keywords
"music", "groove, " "groove perception", "microtiming deviations", "quantization"
Abstract
Microtiming deviations and their exact relationship to groove perception is an emerging field of study, in which many general beliefs about the nature of music have yet to be statistically proven. Although growing evidence supports the importance of microtiming deviations in swing grooves, the understanding of their role in funk grooves is poorly understood. This study presented survey participants with five sets of bass and drum audio samples, each consisting of a quantized and original audio pairing, to assess how they were perceived. Results showed that quantization never improved groove, but did not always degrade the perception of groove either.
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Recommended Citation
Winquist, Emilia, "The Effects of Microtiming Deviations and Quantization on the Perception of Musical Groove" (2024). UVM Patrick Leahy Honors College Senior Theses. 676.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/hcoltheses/676