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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"harmonic structure"”.
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A framework for the real-time analysis of musical events
… a framework for the real-time creation of a harmonic structural model of music. Unlike most uses of computing in musicology which are based on batch processing, the framework uses publish/subscribe messaging techniques found in business systems to create an interconnected set of collaborating …
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William Averitt's "Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. Matthew": An Analysis With Conducting Considerations
… American shape note hymns, and contemporary harmonic language. A theoretical analysis describes the harmonic structure of the twelve scenes and the use of shape note hymns as chorales through structural and melodic adaptations. Conducting considerations, composer biography and information on …
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Aspectos da morfologia e biologia de Scinax ruber (Laurenti, 1768) com comentários taxonômicos (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae)
… external morphology, osteology, spermatozoa ultrastructure, and calls from a population of Scinax ruber (Laurenti, 1768) from Magé Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil) are described. The external morphology of tadpoles is also described. Species from the Scinax ruber and Scinax x-signatus …
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From Music Theory to Graph Theory: Analyzing Chord Successions in J.S. Bach’s Modal Chorales
… My research will provide insight into the harmonic structure of Bach’s modal chorales.
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Rhetoric and Resistance in the Music of Elliott Carter
… investigated links between surface and deep structures in Elliott Carter's 1980 piece for solo piano, Night Fantasies. A specific harmonic structure, comprised of 12-note all-interval chords, was described in detail. At the same time, the rhetoric of the music's surface was investigated, and …
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Ran, Shulamit: Concerto da Camera II, Analysis of Pitch and Formal Structure
… and piano) in these four aspects: 1) the formal structure, 2) the manipulation of the notes of whole-tone, octatonic, and chromatic scales in octave displacement, 3) the potential combination of subsets that present different levels of pitch transformation in melodic and harmonic structure, and …
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The application of thyristors to induction motor drive systems
… of the stator voltage. The output voltage harmonic structure is provided for each circuit along with a comparison of the motor torque-speed characteristics. Means for coping with the motor heating problem, which results from adjustable voltage control, are discussed and curves are provided …
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Music transcription using instrument model
… model. The instrument model provides the harmonic structure of instruments, which is very helpful to polyphonic pitch estimation in the situations such as missing fundamental, missing harmonics and sharing frequencies. The model can be easily built up with instrument samples. We devise a …
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"Raegal" for chorus and orchestra. [Original composition]
… first and third movements are based on the same harmonic structure of pitch centers alternating between the tritone creating a rather atonal bitonality. Clusters are utilized as important chordal textures. These outer two movements are both more percussive overall than the second movement, …
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Bells in tower at evening toll : a performer's guide to the songs of David P. Rossow on the texts of William Shakespeare and A. E. Housman for baritone voice and piano
… date of composition; source of poetry; harmonic structure and features; range and tessitura; meter/changing meters; dynamic ranges; shape of vocal line with recommended approaches; and interpretive suggestions for performance. Chapter 4 contains summary/concluding remarks as well as …
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Instrument Timbres and Pitch Estimation in Polyphonic Music
… the magnitude spectrum via STFT and models the harmonic structure of each pitch contained in the magnitude spectrum with Gaussian density mixtures, whose parameters are subsequently estimated via an Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm. Heuristics for EM initialization are formulated …
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Symphony No. 2
… set grounds for motivic variation, as well as harmonic structure. Motivic development: My dissertation utilizes a uni????ed motivic development throughout the entirety of the symphony. This includes secondary motives and “new” ideas all of which have been derived from the initial motif, which …
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To the Forgotten : for orchestra
… transformation. The intervallic relationship and harmonic structure of the first section are based on the opening gesture and the following motive E-C-B-C#. The rhythmic complexity, motivic layering, and harmonic variety are particularly emphasized in the energetic second section. The enhanced …
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Nicodemus! The Beds are Burning Again: The Ascension of Gorgomath
… languages into a cohesive single-movement structure. The narrative, as implied by the fourteen programmatic indicators within the score, features a protagonist, Nicodemus, and an antagonist, Gorgomath. Additional contrasting elements essential to the plot are: the burning beds, outer space, …
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The Problem of Tonal Disunity in Sergeĭ Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, op. 37
… 1 displays multiple centers related to a proto-harmonic structure (Andreĭ Miasoedov's term); and movement 2 has a relative-mutable structure extremely decentralized by the weakness and indefiniteness of closure.</p> <p>Further specific contributions of this work include (1) experimentation with …
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Superhumps in AM Canum Venaticorum stars
… absence of hydrogen lines in their spectra. The structure of these stars has been the subject of much debate, and single star models were considered as recently as 1992. The prevailing opinion, however, is that the A.Jf eVn stars are semi-detached binaries which consist of a low-mass, degenerate …
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A PERFORMANCE GUIDE AND ANALYSIS OF CARLOS ESCALANTE MACAYA'S DESASOSIEGO FOR SOLO BASSOON, STRINGS, AND PERCUSSION (2017)
… The analysis studies the work's musical form, harmonic structure, melodic and rhythmic development, and programmatic qualities. This is the first-ever analysis of this important composition. Carlos Escalante Macaya is one of the most prolific living composers in Costa Rica, especially in music …
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Maximum Entropy Method in Superspace Crystallography
… the superspace approach to the description of structures of aperiodic crystals. It is shown that the MEM in superspace provides a parameter-free reconstruction of the modulation functions with sufficient accuracy. The MEM in superspace has been applied to diffraction data of several compounds. …
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Structural Octatonicism in Cindy McTee's Symphony No.1: Ballet for Orchestra
… and non-diatonic relationships in the themes, harmonic content, and larger structure of the symphony. Because the octatonic collections contain the potential for both diatonic and non-diatonic relationships, the piece is argued to have octatonic structure, as the octatonic collection is capable …