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Chapter 13, Honing & Ladinig (pp. 127-129)

Which of these two recordings is manipulated? That is, which is slightly slowed-down or sped-up to make it of the same tempo as the other (original) recording? Is it A or is it B that sounds therefor peculiar?

A
B



The answer is given below in the Comments.

Would you like to do the full experiment, you can find it online here.

Honing, H., & Ladinig, O. (2009). Exposure influences expressive timing judgments in music. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35 (1), 281-288 DOI: 10.1037/a0012732

Comments

Henkjan Honing said…
The first recording (A) is a real recording. It is Glenn Gould performing a fragment from the English Suites by J.S. Bach.

The second recording is one by Sviatoslav Richter. He recorded it slightly slower than Gould (i.e. 70 bpm). This recording was therefor slightly sped-up to be able to present it at the same tempo as Gould (87 bpm).

That's why the second recording (B) might sound slightly hasty at some moments.

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