The purpose of this study was to examine what effect performer’s bodily movement may have on listeners’ (N = 103) perceptions of a choral ensemble performance. A 34-voice choir was audio/video recorded performing two different musical excerpts. Each excerpt was recorded twice, once with movement and once without movement, for a total of four audio/video recordings. Additionally, the audio from each of these recordings was isolated and used as a separate stimuli. Participants were presented each stimuli (movement/non-movement, audio only/audio + video), and asked to rate each for expressivity and style. The factor of audio/video was not found to have consistently significant differences in rating. However, there was a consistent interaction effect between these two stimuli, suggesting that both the visual and auditory differences when using movement conversely effected the listeners’ perception. College major did not prove to be a consistent indicator, but membership in a choral ensemble significantly impacted ratings. Implications may include a greater effect of movement when viewed by the listener than simply what can be perceived in the aural stimuli alone. Suggestions for further research include additional study between choral and instrumental music.

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心灵、身体和灵魂：身体运动对听众对合唱表演感知的影响

本研究的目的是检查表演者的身体动作可能对听众 (N = 103) 对合唱表演的感知产生什么影响。一个 34 人声部的合唱团录制了音频/视频，表演了两个不同的音乐节选。每个片段都录制了两次，一次有运动，一次没有运动，总共有四个音频/视频记录。此外，这些录音中的每一个的音频都被隔离并用作单独的刺激。向参与者呈现每种刺激（运动/非运动，仅音频/音频+视频），并要求对每个刺激的表现力和风格进行评分。没有发现音频/视频的因素在评级上始终存在显着差异。然而，这两种刺激之间存在一致的交互作用，表明使用动作时的视觉和听觉差异反过来影响了听众的感知。大学专业并没有被证明是一个一致的指标，但合唱团的成员身份显着影响了收视率。当听者观看时，其含义可能包括比仅在听觉刺激中可以感知到的更大的运动效果。进一步研究的建议包括合唱和器乐之间的额外研究。