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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Microtonal Music"”.
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The Tradition of Microtonal Guitar on the American West Coast
<p>Microtonal music in the United States has a significant connection with the American West Coast. Influential microtonal musicians and theorists originated on the West Coast or passed through California, subsequently inspiring future generations of composers to work outside of twelve-tone equal …
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Towards a Perceptually–grounded Theory of Microtonality: issues in sonority, scale construction and auditory perception and cognition
This thesis engages with the topic of microtonal music through a discussion of relevant music theories and compositional practice alongside the investigation of theoretical perspectives drawn from psychology. Its aim is to advance a theory of microtonal music which is informed by current models of …
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Exploring microtonal tunings: A kaleidoscope of extended just tunings and their compositional applications. (Volumes I and II)
… tonal resources, from pure major scales to Asian music to complex tunings; the resources for performing extended just intonation range from flexibly-pitched traditional instruments to specially-built acoustic instruments to computer programs. This work describes ways to begin working in microtonal …
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On the analysis of musical performance by computer
Existing automatic methods of analysing musical performance can generally be described as music-oriented DSP analysis. However, this merely identifies attributes, or artefacts which can be found within the performance. This information, though invaluable, is not an analysis of the performance …
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A Thousand Bells: Acoustical implementation of bell spectra using the finite element method and its compositional realization
… a brief introduction of pre and post-spectral music that is inspired by or employs bell sounds from which it derives its central materials. The second chapter introduces bell acoustics and the creation of new spectral profiles of optimal bell tone colors based upon just tuning ratios. In this …