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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"vocals"”.
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THE SCREAM NOTATION SYSTEM: A NOTATIONAL SYSTEM FOR SCREAMED VOCALS
… is no specified system of notation for screamed vocals, a style of singing that has become increasingly popular since the late 1970s with the advent of metal music and seen increased interest in screams in other genres since. Screams are a unique and diverse vehicle of delivery that can be …
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Emergence of vocalization in non vocal children with a diagnosis of autism: building an evidence base for interventions
… training on 3 children who failed to acquire vocals one experiment 1 for 9-33 weeks. Introduction of prompt-delays were effective in inducing vocals in all three children. Experiment 3 studied the additive effect of intraverbal training with paired auditory stimulus on 46 children who failed …
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The influence of longwave cloud-top cooling on marine stratocumulus cloud transitions
… Study Regional Experiment (VOCALS-REx) as the initial conditions. In addition to the control simulation, 4 sensitivity analyses are conducted by varying the longwave radiative flux (ΔFn) across the boundary layer, thereby varying the maximum permitted radiative cooling. These …
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Music Visualization Using Source Separated Stereophonic Music
… song recording, where all of the instruments and vocals are combined into one file, or from the digital audio workstation (DAW) data containing multiple independent recordings of individual audio sources. Original source recordings are not always readily available to the public so music source …
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Pathétique: a tale of two rabbys
… of a chamber ensemble, operatic and popular song vocals, spoken word, and rock quartet. My approach to writing the music was to create a world in which all of these elements work together, without sounding as if a series of styles and genres were simply spliced back to back.
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Tome : a chamber opera in one act
… but also stand outside of it, adding “back-up” vocals to underline important dramatic points. The result is an intimate and theatrical kind of storytelling, rather than the presentational, linear style of traditional musical theater or opera.
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Continuous dimensional emotion tracking in music
… this dissertation I show how the separation of vocals and music and the analysis of lyrics can be used to improve the performance of such systems. The separation of music and vocals can improve the results by up to 10% with a stronger impact on arousal, when compared to a system that uses only …
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The Ontogeny of Whistle Production in Infant Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins (<i>Tursiops truncatus</i>) During the First Thirty Days of Life
… the mother-calf pair during the emission of such vocals. Mother and calf whistle rates are inversely related, with the mother whistling more often in the first ten days of the calf’s life, and the calf whistling most often in the third ten days. Maternal whistles are most common when the calf and …
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MashupMuse: A Web Application for Easier Music Mashup Creation
… song’s audio into individual tracks, such as vocals, bass, and drums. It allows users to select sections from these tracks and arrange them on a master track while automatically handling beat and key adjustments. This balance of automation and creative freedom offers users a streamlined yet …
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Exploring the Usability of Non-verbal Vocal Interaction (NVVI) and a Pitch Based Implementation
… further opportunities for people to use their vocals as an input modality. Despite the many possibilities of NVVI input modalities, such as whistling, humming, and tongue clicking, the field is niche and literature is few and far between. This work attempts to address these gaps, as well as the …
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Automatic classification of electronic music and speech/music audio content
… of broadcast mixing techniques in which vocals, unlike most instruments, are typically placed at stereo center. Conversely, SMR is a hidden variable defined by the relationship between the powers of portions of audio attributed to speech and music. It is shown that eVMR is predictive of …
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A chronicle of cultural transformation: ethnography of Badagry Ogu musical practices
… Gogoke's recording of indigenous instruments and vocals in Badagry Lagos Nigeria, reached its full fruition in the overdubs of Western musical instruments in Cape Town, South Africa. To further explore the theme of inclusivity, I examine current gender practices in Ogu communities evident in the …
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Constructing Music of Rebellion in the Triumphant Empire: Punk Rock in the 1990s United States
… “blast beats,” tritone-laden riffs, and vocals either screamed at a high pitch or growled at a low pitch. Within the punk scene, a band’s stylistic choices became deeply meaningful, signifying their politics to those familiar with punk’s history, and each band’s ability to viscerally …
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Reimagining the Collective: Black Popular Music and Recording Studio Innovation, 1970-1990
… central to the ethos of R&B music making – vocals in call and response, instruments 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 …
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The Art of Accompanying the Jazz Vocalist - A Survey of Piano Styles and Techniques
This study examines the process of accompanying the jazz vocalist and explains the performance subtleties inherent in the art form from the pianist’s perspective. Through interviews of eight pianists, the study specifies differences between instrumental and vocal accompanying and explains how …
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The jazz vocal art of Kurt Elling : lessons for South African singers
The dissertation researches the contemporary jazz vocalist Kurt Elling. His background, performing career and successes are explored before his artistry as a performer and pedagogue are examined in detail. A personal Skype lesson and a personal interview form part of the research material. Elling’s …
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THE RESONANCE OF DESIRE: A SONIC EXPLORATION AND GUIDE TO RECREATING DISNEY’S SIGNATURE ‘I WANT’ SONGS
<p>This thesis explores the sonic architecture of Disney’s Renaissance-era “I Want” songs and develops a framework for recreating their signature production style. This study analyzes how vocal timbre, microphone choices, layering, stereo placement, and mixing strategies contribute to the immersive …
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Experiencing the interdependent nature of musicianship and educatorship as defined by David J. Elliott in the context of the collegiate level vocal jazz ensemble.
Examination of the relationship of musicianship and educatorship of teacher and students as interacting partners in a specific musical context proceeded with investigation of how formal, informal, impressionistic, and supervisory musical and educational knowledge were evidenced in rehearsal. …