Downbeat delays are a key component of swing in jazz

To which extent and how do jazz musicians synchronize their timing to create swing? By analyzing jazz musical recordings and carrying out psychoacoustical experiments, the authors tackle a long-standing controversial question and find that microtiming deviations in the form of downbeat delays are a...

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Main Authors: Corentin Nelias, Eva Marit Sturm, Thorsten Albrecht, York Hagmayer, Theo Geisel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Communications Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-00995-z