Expressive Movements of Clarinetists: Quantification and Musical Considerations

This paper presents a quantitative exploratory analysis of expressive movements of several clarinetists playing standard concert solo repertoire. It builds on our previous work involving the analysis of clarinetists ’ ancillary gestures by focusing on the timing of various performance manners, the relation that ancillary gestures have to the musical score, the different styles of expressive movements among performers, and the perception of these movements by the audience