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. 2016 Nov 2;7:1629. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01629

Table 5.

Percentages of listeners endorsing each of the 12 performance-specific statements that the performers had disagreed about, ranked from most to least endorsed.

Statement About recording Statement originator Performer agreement Agree (%) Neither agree nor disagreed (%) Disagree (%) Don't under-stand (%)
This version had the most motion 3 Sax Disagreed (possibly not) 77.3 12.8 8.7 1.2
At 1:57 to 2:03 the sax plays a turnaround at the end of the melody to get back to the top of the sax solo 2 Commenting listener Disagreed (ideological) 75.2 10.7 9.1 5.0
The pianist's opening was excellent 3 Sax Disagreed 71.9 17.4 9.9 0.8
This version took the most harmonic liberties 3 Sax Disagreed 71.5 14.5 9.9 4.1
During these two choruses starting at about 1:22 the sax hears and uses the pianist's substitutions 1 Commenting listener Disagreed (possibly not) 69.8 16.9 7.9 5.4
At about 2:05 the players find the top together and are OK again 2 Commenting listener Disagreed (ideological) 59.9 20.2 16.9 2.9
The pianist gave a cue to end at about 6:00 by using the pedal 1 Pianist Disagreed (possibly not) 56.2 16.5 24.8 2.5
In the last phrase the sax played, the sax was “fishing” to get out of the tune 2 Sax Disagreed 55.8 15.7 20.2 8.3
At 1:57 to 2:03 because the piano does not pick up the turnaround, things are a bit discombobulated between the two players 2 Commenting listener Disagreed (ideological) 50.0 16.1 31.4 2.5
At about 4:52 the sax intended to play another chorus 3 Pianist Disagreed (ideological) 39.7 26.9 31.0 2.5
When the pianist played in the same range as the sax at about 1:37, the pianist was stepping on the sax's toes 1 Pianist Disagreed 33.9 12.4 50.4 3.3
When the pianist played a solo line over the sax from 1:53 to 1:59, the pianist was stepping on the sax's toes 1 Pianist Disagreed 33.5 12.0 52.1 2.5

Ratings of 4 and 5 on the 5-point scale (Agree and Strongly Agree) are collapsed into “Agree,” and Ratings of 1 and 2 (Strongly Disagree and Disagree) are collapsed into “Disagree.”