Interpersonal Entrainment in Music Performance: Theory, Method, and Model

TY - JOUR

T1 - Interpersonal Entrainment in Music Performance

T2 - Theory, Method, and Model

AU - Clayton, Martin

AU - Jakubowski, Kelly

AU - Eerola, Tuomas

AU - Keller, Peter E.

AU - Camurri, Antonio

AU - Volpe, Gualtiero

AU - Alborno, Paolo

N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council [grant number AH/N00308X/1]. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 University of California Press. All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/12/1

Y1 - 2020/12/1

N2 - INTERPERSONAL MUSICAL ENTRAINMENT-TEMPORAL synchronization and coordination between individuals in musical contexts-is a ubiquitous phenomenon related to music's social functions of promoting group bonding and cohesion. Mechanisms other than sensorimotor synchronization are rarely discussed, while little is known about cultural variability or about how and why entrainment has social effects. In order to close these gaps, we propose a new model that distinguishes between different components of interpersonal entrainment: Sensorimotor synchronization-a largely automatic process manifested especially with rhythms based on periodicities in the 100-2000 ms timescale- A nd coordination, extending over longer timescales and more accessible to conscious control.We review the state of the art in measuring these processes, mostly from the perspective of action production, and in so doing present the first cross-cultural comparisons between interpersonal entrainment in naturalmusical performances, with an exploratory analysis that identifies factors that may influence interpersonal synchronization in music. Building on this analysis we advance hypotheses regarding the relationship of these features to neurophysiological, social, and cultural processes. We propose a model encompassing both synchronization and coordination processes and the relationship between them, the role of culturally shared knowledge, and of connections between entrainment and social processes.

AB - INTERPERSONAL MUSICAL ENTRAINMENT-TEMPORAL synchronization and coordination between individuals in musical contexts-is a ubiquitous phenomenon related to music's social functions of promoting group bonding and cohesion. Mechanisms other than sensorimotor synchronization are rarely discussed, while little is known about cultural variability or about how and why entrainment has social effects. In order to close these gaps, we propose a new model that distinguishes between different components of interpersonal entrainment: Sensorimotor synchronization-a largely automatic process manifested especially with rhythms based on periodicities in the 100-2000 ms timescale- A nd coordination, extending over longer timescales and more accessible to conscious control.We review the state of the art in measuring these processes, mostly from the perspective of action production, and in so doing present the first cross-cultural comparisons between interpersonal entrainment in naturalmusical performances, with an exploratory analysis that identifies factors that may influence interpersonal synchronization in music. Building on this analysis we advance hypotheses regarding the relationship of these features to neurophysiological, social, and cultural processes. We propose a model encompassing both synchronization and coordination processes and the relationship between them, the role of culturally shared knowledge, and of connections between entrainment and social processes.

KW - Cross-cultural

KW - Entrainment

KW - Ethnomusicology

KW - Interpersonal coordination

KW - Sensorimotor synchronization

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U2 - 10.1525/MP.2020.38.2.136

DO - 10.1525/MP.2020.38.2.136

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85104612990

SN - 0730-7829

VL - 38

SP - 136

EP - 194

JO - Music Perception

JF - Music Perception

IS - 2

ER -