Timing synchronization in string quartet performance: a preliminary study

Abstract

This work presents a preliminary study of timing synchronization/nphenomena in string quartet performance. Accurate timing information/nextracted from real recordings is used to compare timing deviations/nin solo and ensemble performance when executing a simple musical/npassage. Multi-modal data is acquired from real performance and/nprocessed towards obtaining note-level segmentation of recorded performances./nFrom such segmentation, a series of timing deviation analyses/nare carried out at two different temporal levels, focusing on the exploration/nof significant differences between solo and ensemble performances./nThis paper briefly introduces, via an initial exploratory study, the experimental/nframework on which further, more complete analyses are to be/ncarried out with the aim of observing and describing certain synchronization/nphenomena taking place in ensemble music making.

Papiotis, Panagiotis