Authors:
Manfred Nusseck, Marcelo M. Wanderley, Erwin SchoonderwaldtPublication or Conference Title:
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Enactive Interfaces (ENACTIVE 2007)Abstract:
Human gestures contain certain characteristics and meanings in communication and represent a link between intention and body. This paper describes a pilot study investigating the role of ancillary musical gestures in understanding musical meaning from the listener’s standpoint. We conducted a perceptual experiment using motion-capture recordings of musicians. Participants were presented video recordings and reconstructed point-light displays of music performances. By asking them to rate certain music-related parameters we found that abstract motions of the point-light displays yielded similar ratings to those of the real recordings. This suggests that pure body motion seems to be sufficient to communicate certain musical impressions.
Publication Details:
Type: |
Conference Paper |
Date: |
06/01/2007 |
Pages: |
381-384 |
Location: |
Grenoble, France |