<b>Adjective ratings and dimension analyses of auditory rhythm patterns</b>

Abstract

Gabrielsson, A. Adjective ratings and dimension analyses of auditory rhythm patterns. Scand. J. psychol., 1973, 14, 244–260.‐Rhythm experience for three classes of auditory rhythm stimuli, including music, was investigated by a variant of semantic differential technique in six experiments. The rating scales were chosen by means of questionnaires to musicians. The subjects rated the rhythms in a number of the scales and the ratings were subjected to factor analysis. The factors were interpreted as “uniformity‐variation” or “simplicity‐complexity”, “accentuated first beat”, “meter”, “basic pattern”, “rapidity”, “movement characters” (floating‐stuttering, dancing‐walking and others), “vital‐dull”, “excited‐calm”, and “rigid‐flexible”.