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In this article we look a little more at the concept of coarticulation, meaning the fusion of small-scale actions and sounds into larger units.

Music Moves will give you a broad introduction to the field of music and movement, and the chance to learn from experts in the field.

We shall here look more closely at some terminology used to describe sound-producing actions.

The third "track" of Music Moves is that of methodology. In this track we will explore different methods that researchers use to study music-related movement.

As for movement analysis, there are both qualitative and quantitative approaches to the analysis of musical sound.

What actions and objects created these sounds?

Infrared marker-based motion capture is one subcategory of optical motion capture systems.

Multimodality is a term used to emphasise that our senses work together.

In the previous videos in the terminology track we have looked at different types of music-related body movement in performers. This week we will look more at the perceivers, that is, people experiencing music.

In this week's methods track we will explore qualitative movement analysis and learn about sound analysis.

The educators, Alexander, Hans and Kristian are all associate professors at the Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo, Norway. For this run of Music Moves they are also joined by the recent PhD fellow Mari. They all share the passion for music and movement, even though they come to the topic from different perspectives.

What types of methods do researchers use for studying music-related body motion?