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For nearly a century, jazz musicians have debated what gives songs that propulsive, groovy feel that makes you want to move with the music. The secret may lie in subtle nuances in a soloist's timing.
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization have found that jazz musicians perceive swing when beats one and three are delayed by 30 milliseconds.
Swing, the feeling of a rhythm in jazz music that compels feet to tap, may arise from near-imperceptible delays in musicians’ timing, a study shows.