Timing, tempo

The central theme in our work on music performance and perception is the relationship between timing, tempo and temporal structure one cannot be properly modeled without the others. It is shown that such a non-structured mental representation falls short in explaining the timing variations observed in music performance.

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• Honing, H. (2002) Structure and interpretation of rhythm and timing Tijdschrift voor Muziektheorie. 7(3), 227-232.
• Trilsbeek, P., Desain, P., and Honing, H. (2001) Spectral Analysis of Timing Profiles of Piano Performances. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, 286-289. San Francisco: ICMA.
• Timmers, R., Ashley, R, Desain, P, and Heijink, H. (2000) The influence of musical context on tempo rubato. Journal of New Music Research 131-158.
• Timmers, R. and Ashley, R. (1999) Influences of musical context and pianist stategy on the timing of a melody. In Proceedings of the 1999 SMPC, 82. Evanston.
• Repp, B. H., Windsor, W. L., & Desain, P. (2002) Effects of tempo on the timing of simple musical rhythms. Music Perception, 19(40), 565-593.
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1996). Pas op voor de tempocurve! Nieuwsbrief Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie, (3), 8-11.
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1996). Pas op voor de tempocurve! Nieuwsbrief Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie, (2), 11-13.
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1996). Pas op voor de tempocurve! Nieuwsbrief Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie, (1), 4-7.
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1994). Does expressive timing in music performance scale proportionally with tempo? Psychological Research, 56, 285-292.
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1993). Tempo curves considered harmful. In "Time in contemporary musical thought" J. D. Kramer (ed.), Contemporary Music Review. 7(2). 123-138. .
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1992). Tempo curves considered harmful (part 3). Array, 12(1), 6-9.
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1991). Tempo curves considered harmful (part 2). Array, 11(4), 8-10.
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1991). Tempo curves considered harmful (part 1). Array, 11(3), 8-9.
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1991). Tempo curves considered harmful. A critical review of the representation of timing in computer music. In Proceedings of the 1991 International Computer Music Conference. San Francisco: Computer Music Association.