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Showing 1 to 20 of 357 for “"Tonal"”.
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A Sesotho tonal grammar
This dissertation is an account of the tonology of Sesotho. A phonological component consisting of such subsystems as the theory of moraic phonology, metrical phonology, autosegmental phonology and prosodic phonology is presupposed. Whenever relevant, I appeal to the principles and rules that …
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The Relationship Between Tonal Memory Tests of Recognition and Tonal Memory Tests of Reproduction
… it was concluded that the reproduction test of tonal memory appears to possess moderately high concurrent/construct validity with certain recognition tests of tonal memory. However, the creation of a recognition measure with a stronger relationship to a reproduction test was suggested as a more …
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Tonal Expectations Defining Narrative Archetypes
<p>This thesis examines the contributions of tonal analysis to narrative readings of three nineteenth-century pieces. The method used originates from the work of two theorists, Byron Almén and Fred Lerdahl. Almén’s 2008 book, <em>A Theory of Musical Narrative</em>, outlines narrative archetypes. …
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The tonal phonology of Chinese
Thesis. 1980. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy.
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The phonetics and phonology of tonal systems
… tone which have sought a unifying account for tonal phenomena have not defined a clear and systematic relation between phonological representations and phonetic output in terms of acoustically observable fundamental frequency (FO) variations. This is problematic, because meaningful pitch …
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Predicting range of acceptable photographic tonal adjustments
There is often more than one way to select tonal adjustment for a photograph, and different individuals may prefer different adjustments. However, selecting good adjustments is challenging. This thesis describes a method to predict whether a given tonal rendition is acceptable for a photograph, …
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Tone-noise dichotomy : investigating tonal content magnitude & pitch strength
… der Tonhaltigkeit als partielle Lautheit des tonalen Geräuschanteils nachgewiesen, wobei die partielle Lautheit für Teilnehmer viel leichter und intuitiver einzustellen als die Tonhaltigkeit.
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Kindergarten Students' tonal Pattern Creativity and Developmental Music Aptitude
… is to investigate kindergarten students' tonal pattern creativity. The research question was: what is the relationship between tonal pattern creativity achievement and developmental music aptitude among kindergarten students? Twenty-one students of one intact kindergarten class …
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The effectiveness of tonal spelling in learning Mandarin Chinese
… I developed a hybrid romanization, ""TSP"" (Tonally Spelled Pinyin), which vastly simplifies the number of rules governing tonal spelling conventions and eases the inevitable transition to Pinyin. Research tracked two sections of Beginning Chinese, one using Pinyin, the second using TSP. …
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Tonal interaction in Kinande : cyclicity, opacity, and morphosyntactic structure
… develops a constraint-based analysis of opaque tonal interactions in Kinande verb forms and, based on this analysis, argues for a phonological architecture that incorporates both cyclic evaluation and constraint reranking. Evidence for cyclic evaluation comes from a close correspondence between …
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The attenuation of flow-induced tonal noise using plasma actuators
The noise produced by low speed flows over cavities with and without plasma actuators were studied using experimental techniques. The acoustic and flow environments of open cavities with length-depth ratios of 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 have been investigated. Measurements using oil flow, particle …
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Listeners' perceptual and emotional responses to tonal and atonal music
This thesis examines listeners' responses to tonal and atonal music through a combined model that encompasses music perception theories such as the cue abstraction mechanism, and both listener- and stimulus-based models of emotional responses to music. Aspects of this model relating to listener …
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Tonal and Formal Structure in Selected Larger Works of Chopin
… named is a Schenkerian investigation of the tonal unfolding, formal subdivision, and performance interpretation of three large Chopin solo works: the Ballade Op. 38, the Fantaisie Op. 49, and the Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61, each of which is characterized by rather unusual tonal and/or formal …
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Narration of light : computational tools for framing the tonal imagination
… proposes a computational model for evaluating tonal and compositional qualities of photorealistically rendered synthetic images. Its aim is to assist the architects to quickly externalize their spatial imagination through automated evaluation and selection of volume rendered images in search of …
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The effect of musical training on verbal and tonal working memory
… the translation from print to sound of the 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 …
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Consonance, Tertian Structures and Tonal Coherence in Wladimir Vogel's Dodecaphonic World
… rows but can also be seen in the structural and tonal organization of complete movements and works. A primary example is the Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester (Cello Concerto) (1955) in which, on a smaller scale, the presentation of the row emphasizes both diminished and minor triads, and at …
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Listening with Two Ears: Conflicting Perceptions of Space in Tonal Music
The Tonnetz is a spatial model of tonal pitch, constructed by placing fifths along the horizontal axis of a coordinate plane and thirds along the vertical axis. This dissertation examines the ways in which different conceptions of interval, including just-intonation ratios, diatonic scalar …
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