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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"music research"”.
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Engineering systematic musicology : methods and services for computational and empirical music research
One of the main research questions of *systematic musicology* is concerned with how people make sense of their musical environment. It is concerned with signification and meaning-formation and relates musical structures to effects of music. These fundamental aspects can be approached from many …
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An Annotated Bibliography of the Rare and Unusual Musical Materials in the American Music Research Center at Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
… of the rare and unusual holdings of the American Music Research Center at Dominican College, San Rafael.</p> <p>The American Music Research Center (AMRC) was founded in 1968 by Sister Dominic Ray, O.P., and is one of three centers in the United States which have as their main purpose the …
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The Effect of a Learning Program on The Ability of Undergraduate Music Students to Detect Errors in Performance (Conducting, Holistic, Discrimination)
… (2) to determine the effect of completion of the Music Research Instrumental Score Reading Program on the ability of undergraduate music students to detect errors in instrumental performance as measured by the Visual Aural Discrimination Skills Test.
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The Segmentation Process and its Influence on Structure in the Malheur Me Bat Masses of Obrecht and Josquin
… of each composer's respective mass. Although musical aspects such as cadences and mode have varying degrees of influence on the structure of these two masses, the primary influence is the establishment of proportional relationships that occur as a result of the segmentation process. Sources of …
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Song Popularity as a Contagious Process in Great Britain
… link between the fields of infectious disease research and music research: perhaps ideas from epidemiological modelling might be useful in investigating how certain songs 'spread' through human populations, and perhaps employing disease epidemic models might help to better understand the …
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Predominant-Dominant Chains in Japanese Video Game Music
<p>The short looping forms in Japanese video game music feature rapid modulations based on common chord progressions that necessitate contextual readings of harmonies in various keys to isolate how they manipulate tonal space. One such progression used by Japanese game music composers utilizes …
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The Benefits of Adult Piano Study as Self-Reported by Selected Adult Piano Students.
… were consistent with the findings of other adult music research. Students indicated the existence (yes or no) of each benefit and rated the importance of existing benefits on a scale of 1-10. The category of Skill Benefits was the most agreed upon and highest rated category in the study, with over …
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Training endogenous task shifting using neurologic music therapy
… (EF) and these effects are pervasive. Research studies using music therapy for cognitive improvement in this population are limited. Scientific research regarding the proposed neural correlates of executive functions abound. Additionally, scientific music research is gaining momentum. …
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Time signatures : music and sound design in Doctor Who (1963–89, 1996, 2005-)
… This study aims to address the sound design, musical composition, and industrial practices of Doctor Who during its initial run from 1963-1989 on BBC Television, a previously underexplored area of film and television music research. The focus will be on the program’s musical aims in a …
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Towards the development of music as an intervention for Insomnia treatment: A research synthesis
Though research has been conducted with regards to music and sleep over the last two decades, there is still a significant uncertainty to its effectiveness due to the lack of scientific validation through objective testing and data analysis (Jespersen et al 2015). It has been proven that music can …
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Tuhituhi Tonu: Arts-Based Educators Working Across Settler–Indigenous Difference
This research is located at the intersections of decolonisation/indigenisation and arts education. The key question is: What new pedagogical ideas emerge when using critical aesthetic inquiry to support ngā toi Māori (Māori arts) and mainstream (English-medium) arts-based educators in relational …
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Nxopaxopo wa vuyimbeleri bya matswa bemuda hi ku kongomisa eka nkongomelo, nkoka na a matirhiselo ya ririmi erixakeni ra Vhatsonga
The research is based on the music that falls within the Vatsonga traditional songs. In this study, the researcher make a thorough analysis of Freddy Masingi's songs, commonly known as Matshwa Bemuda. Emphasis of this study is placed on the themes, values, messages and the language usage by the …
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Towards interaction: Combining jazz techniques and idiomatic writing for Varied ensembles. A collection of musical works -and- An exegesis
This practice-led research project has produced musical works that bring together ensembles from the Western Classical tradition that only read notation, and, jazz soloists who improvise. Three works ‘Standing Ground’, ‘The Journey’ and ‘Matt versus the Zombies’ were composed for three ensembles …
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Sekgapa : a culture-based study of a musical tradition of BaPedi women of Mailula, Mmamabolo district, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… a culture-based study of BaPedi women's Sekgapa Music.The Preface presents the topic, the research environment and methodology, a review of the existing literature, fieldwork 'protocol' and a synopsis of the first recording events. Chapter 1 provides a historical background to the music, whose …
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Spot the Odd Song Out: Similarity Model Adaptation and Analysis using Relative Human Ratings
… how listeners relate and compare pieces of music is a fundamental challenge in music research as well as for commercial applications: Today’s large-scale applications for music recommendation and exploration utilise various models for similarity prediction to satisfy users’ expectations. …
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The effects of songs in the foreign language classroom on text recall and involuntary mental rehearsal
This study investigated the effect of music on text recall and involuntary mental rehearsal (din) with students from four college-level Beginning Spanish classes. Two groups heard texts as songs, one group heard the same texts as speech, and one group was the control group. For the text recall …
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Memorisation of atonal music
Research on musical memory has focussed on the organisation of practice to develop and implement retrieval cues: locations in the music that trigger memory. Cues are distilled during extended practice. Those features of the music that still require attention in performance remain as Performance …