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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Music scores"”.
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Musiplectics: Computational Assessment of the Complexity of Music Scores
In the Western classical tradition, musicians play music from notated sheet music, called a score. When playing music from a score, a musician translates its visual symbols into sequences of instrument-specific physical motions. Hence, a music score's overall complexity represents a sum of the …
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The Development of a Computer Program to Arrange and Print Traditional Music Notation
… to explore the problems involved in converting musical compositions and arrangements from concepts to functional scores with electronic data processing. The investigation describes design and development of the MUSCOR III system: a computer program and subprograms to process digital data into …
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A Two-Year Classical Guitar Ensemble for Pre-College Educational Settings
… is provided with illustrated excerpts from the music scores. This collection of works is presented in a logical and sequential order to form a two year, classical guitar ensemble curriculum for pre-college educational settings.</p>
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Implications of African Pianism on the arrangement and Orchestration of mmino
… styles, song structures, and the usage of musical instruments. As a result, songs become a repository of cultural identity, reflecting an artistic sense of logic and embodying cultural lore, ethos, and ways of understanding. The dissemination of indigenous knowledge predominantly relies on …
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THE ARRANGING TECHNIQUES OF LEON “SMOOTH” EDWARDS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO CALYPSO-STYLED CLASSICAL MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR STEEL ORCHESTRA
… now found across the globe and at all levels of music education, academic research regarding the music of the steelpan and its composers and arrangers is scarce. This paper examines six works for steelband by Leon “Smooth” Edwards, a prominent arranger of indigenous steelband music for the …
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Composer and performer roles in contemporary music: an autoethnographic study
In 20th and 21st century contemporary classical music the instrumentalist has played a vital role in developing the art form. However, the input of the performer into the preparation of new works is not one which has been clearly documented. This project is a practice-led approach that articulates …
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An efficient score alignment algorithm and its applications
… in revision control systems. In the field of musicology, score alignment and comparison is a problem with many similarities to string comparison and alignment but also vast differences. In particular we can use ideas in string alignment and comparison to compare a music score in the MIDI …
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Souvenir D'enfance for Concert Band
31 pages.
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Cuban Artist, Leo Brouwer, and his solo guitar works: Pieza Sin Titulo To Elogio de la Danza. A contextual-analytical study.
… Brouwer's artistry. Appendix A contains all the music scores which have been discussed in detail, Appendix B is a transcription of personal interviews by the author with Leo Brouwer conducted at the 1998 Nurtingen Guitar Festival in Germany and Appendix C presents official Cuban perspectives on …
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Routine investigations: expanding the language of improvisation through interdisciplinary interaction
… textures found largely in contemporary classical music scores and recordings, and more specifically selected contemporary classical piano compositions. By extracting the principles of their construction in an intuitive manner, I have developed a number of models and exercises for developing …
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Suite
11 pages of music
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3x5 for concert band ; an analysis of the numerical bases of rhythm, gesture, melody and form
… the piece a unifying framework and generates musical interest through gestures and events that correspond to the numbers. For example, the superimposition of odd-numbered patterns over even-numbered frameworks (such as rhythmic units of 5 eighth-notes over a 4/4 measure) creates tension in the …
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Yerma: lyric drama in 3 acts & 6 scenes
Thesis (D.M.A.)--Boston University, 1962. From the play by Federico Garcia-Lorca, translated by James Graham-Lujan & Richard L. O'Connell.
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Descriptions of expert middle school band teachers’ decision-making processes before, during, and after instruction
… (Hayes, 1996; Yinger, 1977). The study of expert music teachers is of great value to the music education profession as it provides clear models of successful instructional practice. Although research exists about the observed behaviors of expert music educators, there have been few investigations …
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Of fire and rain.
… work for full orchestra. Through its musical materials it explores the idea of two contrasting elements, fire and water, as symbols. Conflict, balance, suffering, and healing are among the themes underlying this pairing, and the piece addresses these ideas both structurally and in the …
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Breaking Through: A Composition for Symphony Orchestra
… structure of the work is based on a number of musical dichotomies that work on both local and large-scale levels. The local dichotomies contrast consonance with dissonance and ambiguity with clarity (in respect to texture and rhythm). The dichotomy of two-part form versus three-part form and …
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UNRAVEL: Acoustic and Electronic Resynthesis
… works for saxophone and electro-acoustic music. Analyzes modes of interactivity using Robert Rowe's guidelines, with sonogram, score, and programming examples. Investigates hybrid serial-parallel signal-processing networks, and their potential for timbral transformations. Explores …
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As Darkness Falls: A Composition for Wind Ensemble
… several aspects of darkness through the use of musical imagery. The imagery attempts to reflect the moods, feelings, and impressions of a person as he or she interacts with darkness. The non-programmatic character of the composition allows listeners to superimpose their own experiences onto the …
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Five Seasons: A composition for flutist and percussionist
Five Seasons is a musical work for flute and percussion. The flutist alternately performs on the C flute with a B foot, alto flute, piccolo, and bass flute in each movement. The percussionist also plays different instruments in each movement: the vibraphone for Mid-Summer; the xylophone for Fall; …
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Suite for Brass Quintet
21 pages of music
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