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Showing 1 to 20 of 709 for “"Musicians"”.
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Musicians in Space
Musicians in space (MiS) is a practice-based research project investigating the impact of spatialization on the performance of free improvised music (FiM). It draws heavily on Christopher Small’s idea of musicking to contextualize the argument that in the fifty year history of FiM, improvisers have …
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Electrophysiological and Behavioral Working Memory Differences Between Musicians and Non-Musicians
… brainwave and working memory differences between musicians and non-musicians. Differences in aspects of recorded electrical brain activity have been used to quantify differences in updating processes of working memory possibly related to differences in amount of music experience. The current study …
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How popular musicians teach
The present study asks how musicians who have learned outside the classical tradition teach others to play. A group of eight instrumental teachers were studied, all of whom grew up playing ‘popular’, vernacular styles of music. While most of them had at least some experience of being taught …
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Innovation Strategies for Musicians
… CD Baby founder Derek Sivers with his advice for musicians. Modular strategies for independent artists to learn, record, digital distribution (CDBaby, TuneCore), branding, and monetize their music are presented. I also present academic and applied perspectives in creativity, project management …
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Source activity and tonotopic organization of the auditory cortex in musicians and non-musicians
… in the auditory cortex of nine professional musicians, nine amateur musicians and nine non-musicians. The frequency of the tones ranged from 100 to 5600 Hz. On average, the evoked source activity of the primary auditory cortex occuring at 19-30 ms was 87 larger for musicians than for …
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The relationship between melody and prosody: perception and production capabilities of musicians and non-musicians
… Previous research has demonstrated that musicians are more successful than non-musicians at detecting pitch errors in speech and melody. These results are often due to extensive musical training beginning at an early age. In examining melodic and prosodic abilities of twenty-nine …
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Pitch internalization strategies of professional musicians.
Music educators agree that the internalization of pitch from music notation is essential for music literacy, but college music theory teachers often find that students' aural comprehension lags behind their visual comprehension of musical notation. Teachers may find pitch skills difficult to teach …
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Lifelong learning in amateur chamber musicians
… learning that occurs between amateur chamber musicians. Research on adult music opportunities focuses on nonformal settings such as community bands and group classes. Less attention has been paid to informal lifelong music learning, particularly the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are …
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Eminent and promising jazz musicians : a comparison
… of eminent and promising male and female jazz musicians. Given definitions of "eminent" and "promising", an expert panel nominated potential Canadian participants. Of the musicians nominated, twelve musicians agreed to participate: three eminent male jazz musicians, three eminent female jazz …
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Adult Amateur Musicians and Melodic Error Detection
… melodic error detection ability of adult amateur musicians; specifically, listening-condition, age, and years of experience. Following are the specific research questions of this study: </p> <p>1) Are there differences in error detection with regard to listening condition?</p> <p> 2) What are the …
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Predicting Career Success In Classically Trained Musicians
<p>The present study examined several factors (performance anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, vocational decidedness, and amount of time in the profession) that are believed to contribute to success in music performance professions. Existing literature highlights the unique role that some of these …
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Musicians and Commoners in Late Medieval London
… more than any others were those made by medieval musicians and heard by commoners; through a study of archival documents and their printed editions, including account books, chronicles and other sources, the dissertation identifies the events at which musicians performed and commoners encountered …
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Scottish church music and musicians, 1500-1700
Abstract available: p 3-4.
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The duo piano experience : nonverbal communication between ensemble musicians
During the act of performing, visible cues between duo pianists are of necessity kept to a minimum. Since this is a factor not characteristic of most other performing ensembles, it offers an exceedingly fruitful medium for studying the cultivation of communication between players--in particular, …
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The preventable burden of musculoskeletal conditions in Australian musicians
… of musculoskeletal symptoms (MSSs) among musicians is reportedly high, and may have a profound impact upon those affected. Most studies have been conducted on university classical music students and professional orchestral musicians, leaving other sub-groups, such as military band …
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The occupational and psychological effects of injuries on musicians
When musicians acquire injuries that interfere with their ability to play their instruments, it is not only the affected body part and physical symptoms that affect them. My own experiences following a wrist injury, that prevented me from playing the piano during my student years, prompted this …
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Musicians Association Local 533 of the American Federation of Musicians, and Its Role in the Development of Black Music in Buffalo, New York
History of the Colored Musicians Union in Buffalo, New York. This thesis consists of two parts. The first is a chronological narrative which encompasses the full origin, growth, and demise of Local 533. It is modeled after the form of a jazz tune; it contains an intro, opening head, six choruses …
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A practical approach to the study of sound for musicians
… our prehistoric man made his discoveries, all musicians have had to depend upon scientific principles in producing the various sounds with which they work</p><p>In order to deal most effectively with these tones, it is necessary that the musician understand some of the principles governing …
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