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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Sonority"”.
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Allomorphic Variation of Definite Articles in Jersey: a Sonority Based Account
… found among Jersey definite articles and uses sonority-based principles to analyze the allomorphic variation. Using Jersey phonotactics, this thesis first puts forth a Jersey specific sonority hierarchy and then utilizes that hierarchy and principles of syllabification to syllabify phrases …
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Allomorphic Variation of Definite Articles in Jersey: a Sonority Based Account
… found among Jersey definite articles and uses sonority-based principles to analyze the allomorphic variation. Using Jersey phonotactics, this thesis first puts forth a Jersey specific sonority hierarchy and then utilizes that hierarchy and principles of syllabification to syllabify phrases …
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Sonority and Linear Structure in Three Early Works of Olivier Messiaen
… combination with a foreground focus on harmonic sonority. As such, I approach each of them with two contrasting analytic methods: modified Schenkerian linear-reductive analysis, informed by the interaction of diatonic and octatonic collections, and set-class analysis. The latter approach …
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Syllable "sonority" hierarchy and the stress patterns in Pulaar. A metrical approach
… in Pulaar is heavily dependent upon the ""sonority"" of the syllables in the string. Four sonority levels emerge: CV $<$ CVC $<$ CVV $<$ CVVC. CVVC is more ""sonorous"" than CVV which is more ""sonorous"" than CVC which in turn is more ""sonorous"" than CV. Using this ""sonority"" hierarchy …
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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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Factors Affecting Pretonic Deletion in English Syllables: A Corpus Study
… we evaluate the Lexicalist Hypothesis and Sonority Projection as explanations of the phenomenon. The results indicate that sonority distance, cluster type frequency, and word frequency have significant and independent contributions to massive reduction. This supports a combination of the …
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Rhyming grammars and Celtic phonology
… in defined classes. These classes correlate with sonority levels. Though analysis of VCC and bisyllabic rhymes, which match for sonority, but not featural identity, across the RD, I show that poetic rhyme can be sensitive to the sonority profile of a rhyme, and not just to similarity of segments. …
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Flourishes (2012.13) for chamber orchestra
… entire work was composed using a single vertical sonority based on major and minor thirds and minor seconds
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Traditional rhythms and melodies in music for clarinet by three Colombian composers
… the basic ideas of stylistic rhythm, and sonority to convey their individual vision about Colombian music. Also, one important characteristic of this analysis is the connection between Indigenous, African and European music, and their influence on these compositions.
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The role of the saxophone embouchure in the production of the South African jazz sound : a study of nine jazz saxophone players
… in producing this distinctive South African jazz sonority. The purpose of this study is to understand the role of the embouchure in producing the ‘South African jazz saxophone sound’, and to find a common trend in saxophonists.
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Time, Unfolding
… In the next section, this static atmospheric sonority is dissolved. A linear progression that finds its root from the preceding section becomes the focus. This part projects the static harmony to the foreground, where it becomes more present, with contrapuntal activities and intricate rhythmic …
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Music From the Mountain For Di and Orchestra
… adopted from the western, the component of the sonority is quite different. For example: there is only one plucked instrument - the harp in the western orchestra, but a whole section of plucked instruments in the Chinese orchestra.There is a full brass section in the western orchestra, but there …
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The String Chamber Style and the String Quintet Medium in the Nineteenth Century
… of the string quintet are described in terms of sonority, breadth of form, and balance.
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Plantains in the rain
… orchestral work. As the musical textures and the sonority were expanded, the dramaturgy of the piece was also changed. However, the image and the spirit of the original music were shared thoroughly in both versions. ii
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Considerations for pedalling Debussy's piano music
… was always seeking to extract a continuous sonority from the piano, feasible only through the application of the pedal and secondly, by making cross reference of this evidence and Debussy's own use of the pedals in his piano roll recordings. Ultimately, it is revealed that Debussy was making …
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The diphthongs of Spanish: Stress, syllabification, and alternations
… us to eliminate the feature (syllabic). The Sonority Principle and the two-mora limit per syllable determine syllabic wellformedness. This makes it possible to uphold a maximally simple model of the syllable, with no inner structure.
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Konohana
… gain power. From a subtoned sound to a full sonority, the clarinet distances itself from the rest of the ensemble, which tries to fulfill the function of demiurge during these inserts.</p> <p>In this piece I applied the different concepts of silence theorized in the first part of this …
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Susan Botti's Cosmosis: A Conductor's Analysis with Performance Considerations
… is unique, and created a fresh and powerful sonority. Botti's inventive approach to composition has expanded the repertoire for both women's chorus and wind ensemble with this distinctive work. This study is intended to serve as a guide to the study and performance of Cosmosis. The …
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Singing about singing : using the voice as a tool for self-reflection
… from any other sound we hear. Yet its sonority is highly linked to our body and mind, and is deeply connected with how we are perceived by society and how we see ourselves. This thesis defends the idea that experiences and situations that make us hear, see and touch our voice …
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