Enhancing visual perception of sports quality in rhythmic gymnastics routine by increasing congruence between music and movement
The use of music in sports routines that involve choreography is inevitable, and the appropriateness between the two is taken into account for awarding points in competitions. In dance, theatre, or in firm music, the use of music in choreography displays the subjectivity of interpretation to a certa...
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| author | Loo, Fung Chiat Loo, Fung Ying Chua, Yan Piaw Ismail, Md Jais |
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| description | The use of music in sports routines that involve choreography is inevitable, and the appropriateness between the two is taken into account for awarding points in competitions. In dance, theatre, or in firm music, the use of music in choreography displays the subjectivity of interpretation to a certain extent due to preferences, background of audience, coach, and composer. However, more scientific and fundamental aspects shared between music and movement can provide a better perception of a particular routine. This study reports an experiment on a rhythmic gymnastics routine to investigate whether an increased congruence between music and movement enhances the perception of sports quality from a musical perspective. In the experiment, the original music accompaniment was changed with a new composition to increase the congruence between music and movement using six parameters including tempo, rhythm, phrasing, accent, direction, and dynamic. Fifty-two undergraduate music majors evaluated two videos of the same routine in a questionnaire regarding the qualities of the performance. Apart from motivation, the results show that the sports qualities with the new accompaniment were significantly perceived better than the original version. |
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| spelling | upm-1012772023-12-15T23:26:02Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101277/ Enhancing visual perception of sports quality in rhythmic gymnastics routine by increasing congruence between music and movement Loo, Fung Chiat Loo, Fung Ying Chua, Yan Piaw Ismail, Md Jais The use of music in sports routines that involve choreography is inevitable, and the appropriateness between the two is taken into account for awarding points in competitions. In dance, theatre, or in firm music, the use of music in choreography displays the subjectivity of interpretation to a certain extent due to preferences, background of audience, coach, and composer. However, more scientific and fundamental aspects shared between music and movement can provide a better perception of a particular routine. This study reports an experiment on a rhythmic gymnastics routine to investigate whether an increased congruence between music and movement enhances the perception of sports quality from a musical perspective. In the experiment, the original music accompaniment was changed with a new composition to increase the congruence between music and movement using six parameters including tempo, rhythm, phrasing, accent, direction, and dynamic. Fifty-two undergraduate music majors evaluated two videos of the same routine in a questionnaire regarding the qualities of the performance. Apart from motivation, the results show that the sports qualities with the new accompaniment were significantly perceived better than the original version. Horizon Research Publishing 2022 Article PeerReviewed Loo, Fung Chiat and Loo, Fung Ying and Chua, Yan Piaw and Ismail, Md Jais (2022) Enhancing visual perception of sports quality in rhythmic gymnastics routine by increasing congruence between music and movement. International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 10 (3). 404 - 413. ISSN 2381-4381; ESSN: 2381-4403 https://www.hrpub.org/journals/article_info.php?aid=12133 10.13189/saj.2022.100306 |
| spellingShingle | Loo, Fung Chiat Loo, Fung Ying Chua, Yan Piaw Ismail, Md Jais Enhancing visual perception of sports quality in rhythmic gymnastics routine by increasing congruence between music and movement |
| title | Enhancing visual perception of sports quality in rhythmic gymnastics routine by increasing congruence between music and movement |
| title_full | Enhancing visual perception of sports quality in rhythmic gymnastics routine by increasing congruence between music and movement |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing visual perception of sports quality in rhythmic gymnastics routine by increasing congruence between music and movement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing visual perception of sports quality in rhythmic gymnastics routine by increasing congruence between music and movement |
| title_short | Enhancing visual perception of sports quality in rhythmic gymnastics routine by increasing congruence between music and movement |
| title_sort | enhancing visual perception of sports quality in rhythmic gymnastics routine by increasing congruence between music and movement |
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