Rune Petter Ness New research aims to map out music's universal rhythms.
Computer technology is an important tool.
Carl Haakon Waadeland believes that there is a basic connection between rhythm and movement, and that there are one or more universal rhythms in music which move the listener in a particular way. Associate Professor Waadeland at the Music Conservatory at NTNU has written a doctoral thesis that discusses why rhythms make music swing along, and also investigates rhythms that make listeners snap their fingers, beat out the rhythm with their feet, or dance. Rhythmical deviations Musicians rarely play with perfect rhythmical accuracy. Also musicians in an ensemble rarely play absolutely accurately in relation to the others. Waadeland explains that it is actually such rhythmical deviations that make music swing.