Essays about: "timbre"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the word timbre.

  1. 16. A = 432: A superior tuning or just a different intonation? How tuning standards affects emotional response, timbre and sound quality in music

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Simon Palmblad; [2018]
    Keywords : Music; Tuning systems; A = 432 Hz; Emotional response; Digital re-tuning; Pitch memory;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore the ways tuning to A = 432 Hz affects emotional response, timbre, sound quality, character and tone compared to the standard tuning of A = 440 Hz, and whether or not it is humanly possible to discern a difference between these two. This was all done in an effort to evaluate claims that A = 432 Hz is superior to standard tuning in regards the previously mentioned factors. READ MORE

  3. 17. THE MOUSE THAT ROARS” : An exploration of the roles and functions of the piccolo flute in Shostakovich Symphonies No. 4, No. 5 and No. 10 through historical and political context.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Helen Benson; [2017-02-10]
    Keywords : Dimitri Shostakovich; War Symphonies; piccolo flute; auxiliary woodwind instrument; musical role; musical function; technical challenges; solo role; piccolo duo; orchestration; instrumentation; instrumental development; timbre; sonority; Soviet Union; Josef Stalin; Communist Party; Russian revolution; Tsar autocracy; The Great Purge; formalism; Soviet Realism; historical and political context;

    Abstract : After outlining my personal goal and interest with the chosen subject, I will explore the historical and compositional development of the piccolo in the orchestra by giving examples of several different composers and works and by listing the primary roles and functions of the piccolo as used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I will then focus on Shostakovich’s use of the piccolo, detailing both the technical challenges piccolo-players face with his symphonic writing and the multitude of musical roles and functions given to the instrument. READ MORE

  4. 18. A Lonely Voice Sounding From the Deep Forests : The Representation of Nature in Sibelius's Symphonies

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Fredrica Roos; [2017]
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    Abstract : Although the notion that the music of Jean Sibelius portrays the nature and landscape of Finland has long dominated his reception, the more precise ways in which these aspects are musically expressed have remained relatively unexamined. In an attempt to further explore and deepen the knowledge of the natural world’s musical mediation in the composer’s art, the aim of this essay is to define therepresentation of nature and landscape in Sibelius’s seven symphonies. READ MORE

  5. 19. IMPLEMENTATION  AND EVALUATION OF AUDITORY MODELS FOR HUMAN ECHOLOCATION

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för tillämpad signalbehandling

    Author : Vijay Kiran Gidla; [2016]
    Keywords : Human echolocation; Psychoacoustics; Physiology; Signal analysis; Auditory models.;

    Abstract : Blind  people use echoes to detect  objects  and  to  find their  way, the  ability  being known as human echolocation.   Previous  research  have found some of the  favorable  conditions  for the  detection  of the object,  with  many  factors  yet  to  be analyzed  and  quantified. READ MORE

  6. 20. Investigating parameter mapping of the digital musical instrument Force Ghost

    University essay from KTH/Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID

    Author : Nicolas Jonason; [2016]
    Keywords : DMI design; parameter mapping; bandpass; ambient;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the viability of two different mappings of two parameters of the digital musical instrument Force Ghost. The instrument produces sound by having an  ambience (a recording of rain or of waves on the beach) filtered by bandpass filters  whose center-frequencies are controlled by a midi-keyboard. READ MORE