Experiment (E3v4-e)

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Instructions

E3v4-e

You will be presented with fifteen pairs of audio fragments in three different repertoires (Classical, Jazz, and Rock): one being a real recording (by one artist), the other a manipulated tempo-transformed recording (by another artist). The tempo-transformed version was originally recorded at a different tempo, but it has been time-stretched (or time-compressed) to become close in tempo to the other performance of the pair. Your task is to decide which is which. This might be quite a challenge :-)

1) Listen to a pair of audio fragments once and in their entirety (in a quiet environment without distractions or with headphones).

2) Focus on the use of expressive timing by the performer, such as note asynchrony, tempo rubato and articulation.

3) Then answer the four questions listed next to the excerpts, namely: Which is the real (i.e. not manipulated) recording, the top or the bottom excerpt? Are you sure? Do you recognize the composition? Do you like the music?

4) Please do this for all fifteen pairs of audio fragments presented below. Feel free to chose the listening order of the three repertoires.

N.B. All fragments are processed in some way, so please ignore sound quality as a possible cue for deciding which is which: Just focus on the timing of the performer(s).

Jazz Repertoire	Which is a real (not tempo-transformed) recording?	Are you sure?	Do you know this composition?	Do you like this music?

Rock Repertoire	Which is a real (not tempo-transformed) recording?	Are you sure?	Do you know this composition?	Do you like this music?

Classical Repertoire	Which is a real (not tempo-transformed) recording?	Are you sure?	Do you know this composition?	Do you like this music?

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