With the use of infrared camera technology and force plates embedded in the floor, it is possible to determine joint movement (kinematics), joint torque and power (kinetics) and tempo-spatial parameters.
A method is needed for adapting to each music piece according to its tempo and other parameters.
The SITAR adjustment process estimated the size, tempo, and velocity parameters for each participant, which when applied to their curves made them all very similar, with a residual standard deviation of 0.6 mm around the summary curve (fig 2, bottom panel).
The experimental design controlled for compositional features such as melody, harmony, and rhythm, and for performance parameter means (tempo and sound intensity), therefore we conclude that the temporal dynamics of timing and sound intensity were responsible for the increased limbic and paralimbic activations.
This model makes use of automatically extracted music parameters, namely tempo, time signature, rhythmic patterns and pitch contours, to characterize music.
We also compare the effects of different cost functions provided that the clave is played in steady tempo, and the other parameters are selected to be similar to the ones that are described in synthetic data experiments.
Tempo and sound intensity, parameters that are manipulated through emotionally charged movement, are two properties of music that may convey emotion from performer to listener through a process of motor resonance.
The model fits the average growth curve as a regression spline with 3 degrees of freedom, and the subject-specific parameters size, tempo and velocity are estimated as random effects.
We also have acoustic analysis, the ability to do in-depth analysis of music parameters like pitches, tempo and beat.
