Sofia Dahl
Ph. D

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KTH - Royal Institute of Technology
TMH - Dept of Speech, Music and Hearing

Email: sofiadah@kth.se

Doctoral Thesis

On the beat: Human movement and timing in the production and perception of music Defence: September 29, 2005, 10.00 Salongen, KTH library, Osquars backe 31 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm Opponent: Prof. David Huron Ohio State University Columbus, USA

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Introduction and summary (1.1 Mb)

Errata for the printed version

Paper I (260 kb):
Dahl,S.(2000) The playing of an accent - Preliminary observations from temporal and kinematic analysis of percussionists. Journal of New Music Research Vol.29(3), 225-234.

Paper II (940 kb):
Dahl, S. (2004) Playing the accent - comparing striking velocity and timing in an ostinato rhythm performed by four drummers. Acta Acustica united with Acustica Vol. 90(4), 762-776.

Paper III:
Dahl, S. and Granqvist, S. Ability to determine continuous drift in auditory sequences: Evidence for bias in listeners' perception of tempo.
Submitted for publication.

Paper IV (760 kb):
Dahl, S. and Friberg, A. Visual perception of expressiveness in musicians' body movements.
Under revision for Music Perception.