Papiotis, Panagiotis, 1985-Marchini, Marco, 1984-Maestre Gómez, Esteban2017-05-082017-05-082013Papiotis P, Marchini M, Maestre E. Investigating the relationship between expressivity and synchronization in ensemble performance: an exploratory study. In: Williamon A, Goebl W, editors. International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS); 2013 Aug 28-31; Vienna, Austria. Brussels: Associoation Européenne des Conservatoires; 2013. p. 217-22.http://hdl.handle.net/10230/32103Comunicació presentada al International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS), celebrat a Viena (Àustria) els dies 28 a 31 d'agost de 2013.We present an exploratory study on ensemble expressive performance based on the analysis of string quartet recordings. We recorded a piece with three expressive intentions: mechanical, normal, and exaggerated. We made use of bowing gesture data (bow velocity and force) acquired through a motion tracking system to devise a precise score performance alignment. Individual contact microphone audio signals allowed extraction of a set of audio descriptors for each musician and each note. We show how tempo and loudness on a macro-scale changed across expressive intentions and score sections. The score is also taken into account in the analysis by extracting contextual attributes for each note. We show that micro-deviations were affected by note contextual attributes, whereas the effect of expressive intention varied across sections. We find sections that exhibited a lower entrainment, where individual parts tended to be freer and presented more asynchronies.application/pdfeng© The Author 2013, Published by the AEC. All rights reserved.info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjectExpressive timingSynchronizationEnsemble performanceEntrainmentMotion captureinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess