Patterns of Temporal Synchronization in Performing Clarinet Duets

Abstract

A series of studies have shown that musicians accompany themselves better than others. This is known as the self/other effect in action recognition and simulation and has been demonstrated in other action-perception tasks like recognizing handwriting and the outcomes of dart throwing. In this study, patterns of synchronization and performance coupling were analyzed among professional clarinetists while performing in a simulated orchestral environment. GLMM models (Generalized Linear Mixed Model) applied to acoustic parameters related to the musician’s expressive intentions demonstrate a higher degree of coupling in performances where musicians accompanied themselves compared to when they accompanied other musicians., as well as an improvement in performance when accompanying other musicians as experiments repeated, suggesting musicians were capable of learning synchronization and performance coupling.

Keywords

• Sincronização
• <i>Performance musical</i>
• <i>Performance</i> de conjuntos instrumentais. Efeito <i>self- other</i>
• Acoplamento interpretativo.