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It has also been shown empirically that simple rhythms are often performed differently from how they are notated. This aspect of rhythm production is at odds with a feature of rhythm perception—namely, that rhythms made up of complex ratios are simplified by listeners to consist of simple ratios. For
137:(not called for explicitly in the musical score) at the end of a phrase to convey a structural event (in this case, a phrase ending). Expressive timing has been shown to operate in different musical styles. In 153:(IOIs) are 700 – 300 – 400 milliseconds (ratios of 7:3:4), a listener might code the rhythm according to the simpler ratios 2:1:1. This is known as 39: 105: 86: 58: 266: 142: 43: 182: 65: 207: 72: 32: 233: 54: 225: 172:, notice how their actual durations fluctuate above and below the sextuplet's metronomic value of 162 ms. 121:
refers to the musical phenomenon whereby a performer introduces subtle temporal nuances to an otherwise
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The following figure graphs timing data for a short phrase performed by
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example, when presented with a sequence of sounds whose
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verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"Expressive timing"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
metronomic
ritardando
jazz
swing
interonset intervals
quantizing
John Coltrane
Like Someone in Love
tuplets


Audio
YouTube
John Coltrane
"Gridless Beats"
Perspectives of New Music
doi
10.1353/pnm.2009.0019
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