Temporal coordination in string quartet performance

Temporal coordination between members of a string quartet performing an excerpt of a Haydn string quartet was characterized in terms of patterns of dependence between player note onset times estimated from acoustic data, and compared to self-reported patterns of dependence between players. Audio onsets revealed temporal dependencies indicative of a leading-following relationship between the first and second violin and a relationship of mutual adaptation between the first violin and both the viola and cello. This relationship of mutual adaptation was not reflected in the self-reported dependencies, which predominantly ascribed a leadership role to the first violin