Musical gesture and coarticulation
In this video you will learn more about the concepts of gesture and coarticulation in music. Professor Rolf Inge Godøy works at the University of Oslo is a world-leading expert …
Course: Music Moves: Why Does Music Make You Move?
Musical gestures
Gesture has been a buzzword recently, but what is actually a gesture? There is not only one, precise definition of gesture. In fact, it differs widely. In this article we …
An analysis of a dance music groove
Electronic dance music has become extremely popular since the 1990s. In the following a groove from the beginning of a typical dance music track is analysed according to the theory …
Groove and movement
What types of music make you want to dance? Have you tried to think about whether there are certain elements that appear in this music more often than others? In …
What Is Groove in Musicology?
In this article we will explore the term groove – as a noun and as a verb. As a noun, groove generally indicates a certain part of an overall musical …
Groove in music
How is groove connected to pulse and entrainment processes? Hans Zeiner-Henriksen discusses how it all intertwines.
Getting into the groove: What we will cover in Week 5
This week we will focus on the concept of groove in the theory track, and get to know concepts like “offbeat”, “upbeat”, “downbeat”. In the terminology track you will learn …
The mobile mocap studio
How can you capture motion out in the field? Kristian Nymoen is demonstrating a mobile motion capture system. Motion capture technology is not only confined to advanced motion capture laboratories. …
Mobile motion capture
Sometimes, it is relevant to capture the movement of performers or perceivers outside of a laboratory setting. This can be for research purposes – studying how performers or perceivers move …
Introduction to perceiver movements
In the previous videos in the terminology track we have looked at different types of music-related body movement in performers. This week we will look more at the perceivers, that …
An analysis of a ritardando
Ritardando is a musical term (from Italian) for a deceleration in tempo. In the following a ritardando in a song is analysed in accordance to the theory presented in this …
Pulse and Rhythm in Music: The Entrainment Process
A fundamental property of music is its ability to structure time. Elements like recurring sounds and accentuations express an organization of the musical events into periods of a certain length …
Pulse and entrainment
Do you ever nod your head or tap your feet when you hear music? This activity usually follows a certain pulse in the music. But how do we find this …
What we will cover in Week 4
This week you will learn about the concepts of pulse and entrainment in the theory track. The terminology track will focus on the motion of perceivers, people experiencing music. Finally, …