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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Musical experience"”.
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The Singing Tree : a novel interactive musical experience
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997.
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Being Touched by Music: A Phenomenological-Hermeneutical Approach to Understanding Tranformational Musical Experience
This dissertation investigated the lived experience of being personally transformed by listening to music. The investigation started with an exploration of the literature that relates to the phenomenon of musical transformation, including natural-scientific research as well as ideas from …
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Relationships between musical and linguistic skills in early development: the role of informal musical experience in the home
Research on the relationship between formal musical training and cognitive abilities has been burgeoning over the last decade, with a specific focus on the relationship between language and music skills. However, a significant gap exists when looking at the start of the developmental path of the …
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"The things of peace": the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts and the transformation of the British musical experience, 1939-1945
Examining developments in British musical life within the context of the Second World War, this thesis chronicles the emergence of the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA), the first body offering state-supported funding for art music activities in Great Britain. Focusing on …
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The Effect of Teaching Representational Notation Versus Conventional Notation on Music Reading Skills of Third-Grade Students in Taiwan
… instruction for students without extra-school musical experience should begin with iconic representation prior to introduci0ng conventional notation because iconic representation was a better approach to lessen the discrepancy between these students with and without additional musical …
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A handbook of fundamentals of music
… is to provide the beginner with a background of musical experience to strengthen his own musicianship so that he may possess confidence in his own ability and venture to be a creative person. The work in this book is strictly preparatory and is intended as a starting point.
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Sounding Subjectivity: Music, Gender, and Intimacy
This dissertation centers on the role of musical experience in the production and maintenance of intimate, interpersonal relationships. Music acquires meaning in its ability to enable and amplify personal relationships among participants who share musical experience—not only through the semiotic …
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Princeton Theory's Problematics
… problematic notions from experimentalism to experience, solipsism to ethics. Initially a formalist project, Princeton Theory in the early 1970's underwent an under-discussed Turn toward experimentalism, seemingly rejecting its earlier high-modernist orientation. The dissertation situates this …
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"The Choral Music of Ruth Watson Henderson: A Stylistic Assessment Based on an Analysis of ""Missa Brevis"" and ""From Darkness to Light"
… works to expand their choirs' repertoire and musical experience, would do well to consider Henderson's music. More specifically, since she is a Canadian, it is hoped that Canadian choral conductors will become more aware of this national treasure through this singular study of Ruth Watson …
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The music teaching and learning process in an African-American Baptist church
The purpose of this study was to describe the musical experience of an African-American Baptist church including its music teaching and learning process, music literature and materials, and contextual aspects such as the following: (a) spatial relationships/physical placements, (b) performance …
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Pitch internalization strategies of professional musicians.
… lags behind their visual comprehension of musical notation. Teachers may find pitch skills difficult to teach because their own cognition has become intuitive through musical experience. Research in aural skills pedagogy has produced neither comprehensive curricular requirements nor an …
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A five month experimental study on the therapeutic use of music with mentally deficient children
… all children should have guided and creative musical experience and that the mentally deficient child should be considered as a <strong>child</strong> first initiated this study. This thesis is a report of the work of the investigator and of the observations and findings which developed out of …
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The Innermost Point
… Maria Rilke's To Music, he depicts an emotional musical experience as "when the innermost point in us stands outside." The Innermost Point develops two themes: one rhythmically stable but melodically lacking, and the other melodious but rhythmically puzzling. Over the course of the piece each …
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Complex Personalities: An Original Composition For Virtual Wind Ensemble And An Accompanying Exploration Of The Effects Of The Internet On Music Collaboration And Composition
… has had on the <em>esprit de corps</em> of the musical community. As a mechanism for that exploration, it also includes an original composition comprised of three character pieces. The exegesis of the piece will describe the basis of these musical representations and explore the application of …
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An exploration of Franz Schubert's Sonata in G Major, D. 894: compositional significance, technical challenges, and musical interpretation
… the question: what makes a highly expressive musical experience? I then provided historic background on Schubert’s life and looked at the compositional significance of his G major sonata. Finally, I gave insight on the technical and interpretive challenges that pianists face when studying this …
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The Emonator : a novel musical interface
… design of the Emonator', a novel interactive musical interface which responds to gestural input with realtime aural and visual feedback. A user interacts with the Emonator by manipulating the surface formed by a bed of rods at the top of the Emonator. The user's movements are analyzed and used …
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The relationship of the transformational leadership process and group mood among musicians and their effects on artistic quality within the American orchestral organization
… to understand the American classical music experience and its relationship to transformational leadership is the foundational reason for this study. The experience of listening to the same orchestra under the direction of nine different conductors throughout the Chattanooga Symphony & …
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Sonic Artifacts
… a physical object that represents and contains a musical album and allows for real time interaction with the listener. We restore the association of music with the physical artifact of its delivery, a design of the music merchandise of the future, now with the ability to interact with the music in …
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Listeners' perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music
… an empirical investigation of the effects of musical experience and familiarity on perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music. Previous empirical investigation of these areas is limited: research concerning the effects of familiarity is largely unsystematic or explores the …
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