Interview with Researcher Guilherme Schmidt Câmara, who has been deconstructing groove microtiming, how musicians make it and how listeners hear it as part of the Time project and beyond. [interview date 2024-11-18]
- [1:06] - Background
- [3:56] - Research
- [5:49] - Groove Timing Feels
- [7:00] - Microtiming
- [9:13] - In the Pocket
- [11:41] - Measuring Experts' Performance
- [14:55] - Groove Perception
- [18:37] - The Experiment
- [21:57] - Quiz Time
- [33:28] - Reflections
Cited works
- Câmara, G. S., & Danielsen, A. (2019). Groove. In A. Rehding & S. Rings (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of critical concepts in music theory (pp. 271–294). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780...
- Câmara, G. S. (2016). Swing in early funk and jazz-funk (1967–1971): Micro-rhythmic and macro-structural investigations. Master’s thesis, University of Oslo. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.20129...
- Câmara, G. S., Nymoen, K., Lartillot, O., & Danielsen, A. (2020b). Timing is everything . . . or is it? Effects of instructed timing style, reference, and pattern on drum kit sound in groove-based performance. Music Perception, 38(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1525/mp.2020.38.1.1
- Câmara, G. S., Sioros, G., & Danielsen, A. (2022). Mapping timing and intensity strategies in drum-kit performance of a simple back-beat pattern. Journal of New Music Research 51(1), 3–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/09298215.2022...
- Câmara, G. S., Nymoen, K., Lartillot, O., & Danielsen, A. (2020a). Effects of instructed timing on electric guitar and bass sound in groove performance. Journal of the Acoustic Society of America, 147(2), 1028–1041. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0000724
- Câmara, G. S., Sioros, G., Nymoen, K., Haugen, M. R., & Danielsen, A. (2024). Sound-producing actions in guitar performance of groove-based microrhythm. Empirical Musicology Review. 18(1), 21–36. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v18i1.9124
- Carter, D. S., & Von Appen, R. (2024). Measuring the Myth: Microtiming and Tempo Variability in the Music of the Rolling Stones. Theory and Practice, 49, 91-158. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27454890