Chopin Nocturne Opus 32, No. 1 (B Major)View the musician's notated sheet music. (PDF) »
In this set, there is a "50% track" (halfway between human and mechanical), a human track, and a new "150% track" where the human performer's differences have been magnified. Which one do you find the most expressive?
Listeners in the study responded to versions with increasing variation in the timing and loudness of notes—up to a point. When they listened to 125% and 150% versions, they found them no more expressive than the original.