Rafael Jerjen

Rafael Jerjen is a Professor at the Institute of Jazz and Folk Music within the Lucerne School of Music (HSLU). His research focuses on musical groove, music psychology, and applied performance studies. He is affiliated with the CC Music Performance Research (MPR) group and leads projects exploring the impact of music on movement disorders like Parkinson's disease, as well as virtual walking and rhythmic analysis in popular music.

• Key roles: Professor of Jazz Contrabass and Jazz Ensemble Course
• Research projects: 'The Groovy Drum Beat', 'Musical Strukturanalyse als Data Mining', 'PrüfungsApp'

His work bridges experimental psychology and musicology, contributing to understanding how rhythmic patterns influence human behavior. Recent publications analyze groove perception mechanisms and validate psychological models of musical engagement.

Notable collaborations include studies on drum pattern complexity measures and the development of a Groove Experience Questionnaire. His research extends to corpus-based analysis of popular music and interdisciplinary studies on music's role in movement disorders.