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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Syncopation"”.
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Tataltepec Chatino verb classification and aspect morphology
… of a few incomplete processes, such as the syncopation of historically disyllabic roots. To overcome this difficulty, a more conservative form of Tataltepec Chatino was constructed from an analysis of the lexical entries of a bilingual dictionary published in 1970 and from my own field …
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Berg’s response to swing in jazz: the composer’s use of rhythm, texture and timbre in this context
… and jazz as most associable through the idea of ‘syncopation’. Certainly, along with elements of instrumental timbre, that aspect has established a relationship, but only superficially. In the 1920s, the crucial dependence of jazz on a lilting manner of enunciation remained obscured by a high …
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A study of Bill Frisell through Paul Motian's On Broadway recordings
… on five elements: 1) Controlled Dissonance, 2) Syncopation, 3) Melody, Sequencing and Cells, 4) Note Bends, and 5) Dyads of Sixths and Thirds. The technique and influence sections are based on several interviews and articles about Frisell, as well as additional transcribed material from …
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JAZZ TEMPORALITY AND NARRATIVE: A READING OF RALPH ELLISON'S INVISIBLE MAN
… jazz and utilizes literary forms of swing, syncopation, and solo improvisation in an effort to protest the universalizing temporal modes of fatalism, determinism, and reversion.
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King Dedyyee : an original third-stream composition for symphonic band
… a march, Middle Eastern, jazz waltz, Afro Latin, syncopation in 5/8, asymmetrical rhythms in 3/4 time, and an alternative Rock feel. The accompanying document provides a review of relevant literature with regard to third stream. There is a discussion of various other third stream works, including …
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Motivic, rhythmic, and harmonic procedures of unification in Stephen Sondheim's Company and A little night music
… scores, Sondheim employs ostinato, counterpoint, syncopation, and hemiola as primary rhythmic material.2. In both scores, Sondheim presents his primary motives at the beginning of the score and uses them exclusively to generate all melodic material in the work.3. Sondheim is consistent in his …
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A New Place at the Table: Ancient Cadential Patterns for Modern Improvision and Aural Skills Training
… leading between bass and treble voices, basic syncopation and rhythmic division, and the concept of dissonance/consonance within linear parameters as an integral aspect of musical form. A series of beginner to intermediate exercises for use in vocal and instrumental training are presented. The …
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Cumbia Tejana: Synthesis Towards Unification in the Tejano Continuum
… heritage of coastal Colombia (D'Amico 2013). The syncopation of the polyrhythm, the hip movement in the dance, the musical call and response, and the associated Blackness of the Cumbia remain the key elements in the Cumbia's appeal and longevity throughout Latin America. Every performance of the …
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Ombra music in the eighteenth century : context, style and signification
… chromaticism and dissonance, dotted rhythms and syncopation, pauses, tremolando effects, sudden dynamic contrasts, unexpected harmonic progressions and unusual instrumentation, especially involving trombones. Parallels can be drawn between these features and Edmund Burke's 'sublime of terror', …
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3x5 for concert band ; an analysis of the numerical bases of rhythm, gesture, melody and form
… a 4/4 measure) creates tension in the form of syncopation or polyrhythm. The resulting rhythmic structures sound as if they could be created by intuitive means, but contain a sense of cohesiveness that may be lacking from such a constructive method. The numerically generated structures may be …
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A normative approach to designing for evolvability : methods and metrics for considering evolvability in systems engineering
… metric for measuring evolvability. The Epoch Syncopation Framework (ESF) was developed as a way of analyzing point designs, change mechanisms, execution timing, and change strategies. The ESF provides the capability to determine the conditions that make evolvability an appropriate design …
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"""I been to hear the highest kind of opera grand"": blues, ""good music,"" and the performance of race on record, 1920-1921"
… signaled blackness, and emphasized blue notes, syncopation, and dance rhythms. Blues lyrics that contrasted with the values of “good music” included references to sex, dance, animalistic behavior, comedy, Prohibition, youth, coon songs, violence, ragtime, mental pathology, and more. Of all the …
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From the Shadows: a Collection of Flute Music by Living Black American Composers
… chords, extended techniques, whole tone scales, syncopation, modes, progressions, and simplicity--are more familiar and, in response turn, more appealing to younger musicians. There are also connections to traditional Western music such as form (sonata, rondo, theme and & variations). In this …
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Creative implications of deconstruction: the case of jazz music, photography, and architecture
… notion of différance and the musical figure of syncopation. The analysis is completed by an argument that the jazz event of the jam session is an encounter and creative 'dialogue', with features similar to Derrida's conception of hospitality. Chapter 2 focuses on deconstruction and photography. …
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MARKED FOR CONSCIOUSNESS: ACCENT SYMBOLS AS AN INTERPRETIVE TOOL IN SCHUMANN’S DUO WORKS WITH PIANO
… underscore its melodic shape, highlight a syncopation, a significant harmonic event, reveal form, foreshadow a later event, or set up a central tension. In the process of such classification, the investigation of a marking may invite questions about the character of a theme, the …
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Modelling metrical flux: an adaptive frequency neural network for expressive rhythmic perception and prediction
… perception problems such as polyrhythms and syncopation. This thesis explores the use of GFNNs for expressive rhythm perception and modelling, addressing the current gap in knowledge for how to deal with varying tempo and expressive timing in automated and interactive music systems. The …
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Greek Meter : An Approach Using Metrical Grids and Maxent
… characterizes much early Greek verse is due to syncopation. It is shown that Kiparsky's theory, with some revisions, can be applied to the analysis of the metrical forms used by Sappho and Alcaeus. Chapter 6 argues against the theory of “Prosodic metrics”, which seeks to analyze Greek meters …
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Reimagining the Collective: Black Popular Music and Recording Studio Innovation, 1970-1990
… in apparent rhythmic dialogues, and funky syncopation usually resulting from interactive group dynamism – were increasingly the product of the technologically mediated process of overdubbing, and performed often by one musician singing all of the parts or layering several instruments. By …
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Urban Rhythms of Washington DC
How can architecture serve as a catalyst to strengthen a transitioning neighborhood without displacing or replacing the local community? Cities bear the weight of continual change. Across the United States, urban communities wrestle the boundary between the desires of gentrification and concerns …
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Meniscus
Meniscus is a collection of poems with a critical preface that examines the nature of "silence" and oblique language.