Teresa Raimondi, Giovanni Di Panfilo, Matteo Pasquali, Martina Zarantonello, Livio Favaro, Tommaso Savini, Marco Gamba, Andrea Ravignani
How did rhythm originate in humans, and other species? One cross-cultural universal, frequently found in human music, is isochrony: when note onsets repeat regularly like the ticking of a clock. Another universal consists in synchrony (e.g. when individuals coordinate their notes so that they are sung at the same time). An approach to biomusicology focuses on similarities and differences across species, trying to build phylogenies of musical traits. Here we test for the presence of, and a link between, isochrony and synchrony in a non-human animal...
January 11, 2023: Proceedings. Biological Sciences