Andrea will be giving a talk about his ongoing modelling and experimental workwork: “Who’s got Rhythm?: Understanding the Roots of Musical Timing Abilities”. Friday 14th, 4pm, DSB 3.10. Abstract below.

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“Who’s got Rhythm?: Understanding the Roots of Musical Timing Abilities”

Rhythm and synchronization are important concepts in musicology, linguistics, biology and physics. In this talk, I will present my ongoing work on the evolutionary basis of musical rhythm and its link to similar concepts in other disciplines. I will introduce a theoretical framework connecting human music and dance to non-human occurrences of synchronization, as in fireflies or crickets. I will present some preliminary results on pairwise synchronization in an agent-based model of chorusing, aimed at investigating rhythmic abilities in pre-musical hominids. Finally, I will describe recent pilot work exploring chimpanzees’ drumming capabilities.

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