%0 Journal Article
%@ 1754-8853
%A Gnecco, Giorgio
%A Glowinski, Donald
%A Camurri, Antonio
%A Sanguineti, Marcello
%D 2014
%F eprints:2613
%I Inderscience
%J International Journal of Arts and Technology
%K automated analysis; behavioural analysis; non-verbal behaviour; head ancillary gestures; levels of attention; orchestral behaviour; head movements; orchestras; non-verbal social signals; non-verbal communication; social groups; music conductors; musicians.
%N 4
%P 316-338
%T On the detection of the level of attention in an orchestra through head movements
%U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2613/
%V 7
%X Results from a study of non-verbal social signals in an orchestra are presented. Music is chosen as an example of interactive and social activity, where non-verbal communication plays a fundamental role. The orchestra is adopted as a social group with a clear leader (the conductor) of two groups of musicians (the first and second violin sections). It is shown how a reduced set of simple movement features - head movements - can be used to measure the levels of attention of the musicians with respect to the conductor and the music stand under various conditions (different conductors/pieces/sections of the same piece).