Have you noticed how, for example, you can identify a guitar player easily, no matter what guitar they're playing on?
When guitar players are first learning or are transcribing, they often slow the music down. If you slow it down enough, you can hear a pattern of the player slowing down and speeding up (behind and ahead of the beat). I believe that has a lot to do with that instant-identifiability, even though it is so hard to detect at speed.
Have you noticed how, for example, you can identify a guitar player easily, no matter what guitar they're playing on?
When guitar players are first learning or are transcribing, they often slow the music down. If you slow it down enough, you can hear a pattern of the player slowing down and speeding up (behind and ahead of the beat). I believe that has a lot to do with that instant-identifiability, even though it is so hard to detect at speed.