Essays about: "Jazz Solo"

Found 5 essays containing the words Jazz Solo.

1. 1. Modeling Melodic Accents in Jazz Solos

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Misael Berrios Salas; [2023]
   Keywords : Accents; Jazz Solo; Support Vector Regression SVR ; eXtreme Gradient Boosting XGBoost ; Multiple Linear Regression MLR ; Dynamic; Accenter; Jazz Solos; Support Vector Regression SVR ; eXtreme Gradient Boosting XGBoost ; Multiple Linear Regression MLR ; Dynamisk;

   Abstract : This thesis looks at how accurately one can model accents in jazz solos, more specifically the sound level. Further understanding the structure of jazz solos can give a way of pedagogically presenting differences within music styles and even between performers. Some studies have tried to model perceived accents in different music styles. READ MORE

3. 2. The Texture Within : Exploring repetition, difference and timbre through solo piano playing

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

   Author : Anna Wohlfarth; [2023]
   Keywords : solo piano; improvisation; live electronics; deep listening; repetition; timbre; texture; minimalism; ambient music;

   Abstract : The goal of this master project was to create reverberant sound worlds on the border between acoustic and electronic sounds. I approached this goal through the exploration of musical repetition, difference and timbre. These fields were approximated both through practical and theoretical work. READ MORE

4. 3. Sounds Within Sounds : Multiphonic possibilities of the saxophone in composition and improvisation

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

   Author : David Bennet; [2021]
   Keywords : Multiphonics Improvisation Composition Saxophone;

   Abstract : This thesis is part of the result from an explorative venture into understanding how saxophone multiphonics can be used as tools for improvisation and composition. The focus lies partly on how I found these sounds, personalized them and incorporated them into my artistic language, but more importantly, this is an attempt of thinking through art by letting the experience gained from making creative use of accidental occurrences affect future experience in an open-ended artistic process. READ MORE

5. 4. Dependency of high-order harmonics to polarisation properties of many-cycle driving fields

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Atomfysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

   Author : Timothé Ramboazanaka; [2018]
   Keywords : Atomic physics; attosecond pulses; high-order harmonic generation; polarisation; polarisation state; electron wave packet trajectory; three-step model; time-dependent schrödinger equation; TDSE; two-colour; selection rules; symmetry; conservation laws; Physics and Astronomy;

   Abstract : Light-matter interactions can be used to probe both light and matter as they yield information on a system's state. On the ultrafast timescale, it is possible to employ these interactions to probe fast-occurring phenomena. READ MORE

6. 5. What Does Donna Lee Mean? : An Analysis of the Construction of Meaning in Music.

   University essay from Institutionen för musikvetenskap

   Author : Uri Gonzalez; [2004]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Abstract This essay examines the construction of the meaning of bassist Jaco Pastorius' solo on Charlie Parker's composition Donna Lee (Pastorius 1976) according to musicologist Jean-Jacques Nattiez' semiological tripartition theory. After the application of Nattiez' approach, the following conclusions can be established: 1. READ MORE