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If you’ll indulge me, I’d share a funny story.
Many years ago I was studying jazz arranging and the time came to have our pieces played by big band. My teacher was about to start rehearsing my piece and asked me the tempo, expecting me clap or something. But I said, “oh, the tempo is 115 BPM”.
He responded, “Sorry, I don’t have perfect tick.” : )
Good luck with the project!
- Marc
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Marc R. Thompson, PhD.
Yliopistotutkija, musiikkitiede
Senior Researcher, Musicology
Musiikin, taiteen ja kulttuurin tutkimuksen laitos (MUTKU)
Department of Music, Art & Culture Studies (MACS)
PO Box 35(M)
FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä
Finland
about me: https://tinyurl.com/j9946dr
Hi Seth,
Gamification is a great idea for contactless Experiments in these times. I just wanted to mention that “perfect tempo” is not an appropriate term. It seems to be derived from "perfect pitch”, which is by definition innate and not a trained skill.
Best,
Tim
P.S.: We created a sonification game to evaluate our sound design:
check it out!
Hi everyone,
As part of a senior research project, my team and I have been exploring the idea of "perfect tempo" as analogous to perfect pitch – that is, if humans are able to train themselves to identify certain BPM from a metronome source or to reproduce a given BPM through
tapping or other means of onset production. To research this topic, we created an iOS app called Tempo Maestro. Our goal with the app is to provide a game-like atmosphere to practice skills related to tempo identification, reproduction, and consistency while
simultaneously collecting data to see how effective the app is at helping users improve. We are in the process of growing our user base, and we would greatly appreciate if you would look at the app and share it with your colleagues and students. Any feedback
would be appreciated.
Here are the relevant links:
Additionally, this app is strictly for research purposes and not monetized in any way. Thank you!
Seth T. Holland
Georgia Institute of Technology
Music Technology | College of Design
Class of 2021
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