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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Musical Training"”.
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The Association Between Musical Training, Bilingualism, and Executive Function
… research has shown far transfer effects of skill training, such as bilingualism and musical training, on executive function. Despite a growing interest in the subject, some areas of higher cognition have been left under- or un-examined. This dissertation presents two papers that investigated …
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The effect of musical training on verbal and tonal working memory
… tonal language Mandarin versus English versus musical notation in healthy volunteers. The performance of musicians and non-musicians was compared across a variety of reading tasks in an attempt to examine whether musical training can facilitate Mandarin tone or phonological processing. The …
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Effects of harmonicity and musical training on the loudness of two-tone complexes
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.
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The Neural Dynamics of Action Representation for Sound: An investigation of musical training effects on mu suppression
… music performance. Musicians undergo extensive training, which enhances established neural links between auditory and motor areas of the brain. Long-term training develops, strengthens and enables flexibility in these connections allowing proficiency in performance. Functional neuroimaging …
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Designing mobile multi-touch drum sequencing applications
… range of users. We found that for users with no musical training, and for users with a large amount of musical training, the software did allow them to be more creative. However, users with limited training on existing sequencing software found the new interface challenging.
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Musical Expertise and rhythm processing
… studies have explored the influence of long-term musical training on the neural and behavioral correlates of rhythm processing. Some pieces of evidence point to enhanced rhythm processing in musicians as one of the consequences of the structural and functional changes in many brain areas involved …
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The relationship between melody and prosody: perception and production capabilities of musicians and non-musicians
… melody. These results are often due to extensive musical training beginning at an early age. In examining melodic and prosodic abilities of twenty-nine university undergraduates, this study attempts to better understand the connectedness between these cognitive functions, and the affects various …
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Effects of Musical Ability on Flight Planning, Situational Awareness, and Flight Path Deviations
… When learning an instrument, students learn non-musical abilities, such as executive functions, which may correspond with the skills necessary to be a good pilot. The purpose of this study was to find a relationship between learning a musical instrument and pilot performance, specifically related …
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Towards a Comprehensive Model of Musical Ability
Over the past century, multiple tests measuring musical ability have been developed, and research has been investigating individual differences in musical ability to answer questions about the components of musical ability and their dissociations in amusic patients, the innate vs. acquired nature …
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Orientation of the maximum horizontal stress (SHmax) in the Orange basin and Outeniqua sub-basins of South Africa : neotectonic implications
… by the Petroleum Agency South Africa (PASA), training and software was provided to review, analyse and visualise borehole breakouts observed in 4-arm calliper logs from exploration areas in the Outeniqua and Orange basins. Digital music software can limit the forms of music we create by using …
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Holistic influence on contemporary jazz vocal improvisation with reference to the works of Gloria Cooper and Kitty Margolis.
… vocalists from different social, educational and musical backgrounds in the United States of America, the hope is to achieve a greater understanding of and confirm the factors which play important roles in the vocalist's improvement of effective, authentic jazz improvisation. The focus is on the …
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A comparative analysis of musical ability and performance on mathematical exams determined by brain activity and scoring
INTRODUCTION: The correlation between musical training and academic performance has been explored through several different venues of research in the fields of music, mathematics, and neuroanatomy. Previous research has shown evidence that a correlation between musical abilities and improved …
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Folk music of Sri Lanka : ten piano pieces
… groups with particular needs. Results show that musical training often does not include stress management training. Playing-related injuries are common. Two-thirds of full-time musicians who responded have suffered injuries that forced them to stop playing for more than one week. On average, …
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Systematic approaches to the study of cognition in Western art music performance
… the study in the context of the writer’s musical training, examines ways of studying and representing performance knowledge. The second chapter presents a case study of the preparation of Tōru Takemitsu’s Masque for Two Flutes (1959-1960). Using grounded theory methodology, this chapter …
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The Effects of multilingualism and Music Experience on Tone and Vowel Discrimination Ability
… types (early/late bilinguals)? (2) Does musical training affect tone and vowel discrimination? (3) Does knowledge of tonal language affect tone discrimination? The findings suggest that with regard to vowel discrimination, the only effective variable is early bilingual exposure. In the …
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Automated analysis of musical structure
… for humans, even for listeners without formal musical training. For example, we can notice changes of notes, chords and keys, though we might not be able to name them (segmentation based on tonality and harmonic analysis); we can parse a musical piece into phrases or sections (segmentation …
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Searching for a Musical Middle Way: A Composition for Multi-traditional Percussion
… aims to integrate the author's major fields of musical training through a suite of compositions that combines compositional and aesthetic elements of those traditions, namely, Japanese taiko drumming, Karnatic drumming, and the Chinese xiao (vertical bamboo flute). The suite is comprised of four …
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A Combination of Asian Language with Foundations of Western Music: An Analysis of Isang Yun's Salomo for Flute Solo or Alto Flute Solo
… Eastern and Western music; and although his musical training focused on Western music, he continued the pursuit of Eastern sounds and philosophies throughout his musical life. Imprisoned in 1967 by the South Korean government, Isang Yun's music, particularly in later life, incorporates his …
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An investigation of rhythm reading practices in Texas middle school choirs
… addressed demographics, teaching experience, musical training, and teaching methodology. Analysis of popular choral methods books showed that most of the available literature support a separation of pitch and rhythm during instruction. Results of the survey indicated that time spent on rhythm …
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Factors Affecting Pitch-Matching Ability of Kindergartners
… ability of kindergartners who have had no formal musical training prior to entering the school system to match pitches vocally. Some kindergartners have no difficulty matching pitches and some have considerable trouble with this task. The hypothesis of this study was that this difference in …
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