Essays about: "Compositional tools"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Compositional tools.

1. 1. POTENTIALS FOR LEARNING IN THE DESIGN OF DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

   Author : Sonja Husgafvel; [2023-07-03]
   Keywords : Digital Textbooks; ; Multimodal Text Analysis; ; Semiotic Theory; ; Visual Grammar; ; Potentials for learning; ; History;

   Abstract : Purpose: The aim of this study was to enhance the knowledge of the learning potentials associated with the different designs of digital textbooks and their implications for the representation of historical content. More specifically, the analysis focused on four Finnish digital history textbooks, with the Winter War being selected as the specific learning unit due to its significant role in the history of Finland. READ MORE

3. 2. Phainesthai : Auditory Processes as Tools for Musical Composition

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för komposition, dirigering och musikteori

   Author : Luka Aron; [2023]
   Keywords : music; psychoacoustics; auditory distortion products; tuning; just intonation; phenomenology;

   Abstract : The human auditory system can become an active agent in the production of sound when stimulated with specific tone combinations. The resulting auditory distortion products can be amplified and drawn attention to by employing certain just intonation practices – a compositional technique that may serve as a powerful catalyst for reaching different states of mind in listeners. READ MORE

4. 3. Being Present with the Sound of Shakuhachi : Finding Tools for Composing Through Improvisation by Using Non-linearity to Focus on Time and Timbre on the Shakuhachi

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för folkmusik

   Author : Sakari Heikka; [2023]
   Keywords : shakuhachi; compositional methods; improvisation; Japan; timbre; non-linearity; micro-phenomenology; silence;

   Abstract : The main goal of this thesis was to develop tools and methods for creating new music for the Japanese bamboo flute shakuhachi. Shakuhachi is an end-blown bamboo flute, which has existed in Japan since the seventh century. READ MORE

5. 4. Creating a Context for Listening: The Choreography of Sound

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

   Author : Casey Moir; [2022-02-22]
   Keywords : listening to space; shaping space; mapping space; active listening; encouraging interactions; composing situation and sounds; spatialising performances; designing proximities and trajectories; composing movement and momentum; alternate performance spaces; changing the expectations of room; visualising sound in space; engaging spatial awareness; changing performance conditions; changing listening perspective; omnidirectional composition; experimental music composition; choreographing sound;

   Abstract : My thesis is an investigation into an omnidirectional approach to composition of experimental music. This involves considering the conditions of performance as compositional aspects, in addition to composing sounds. READ MORE

6. 5. Creating Energy in Music: Investigating how the sense of drive can be created in the musical composition

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Musikhögskolan i Malmö

   Author : Ia Pettersson Erlandsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Drive; Force; Energy; Art music; Metal music; Rock music; Compositional technique; Compositional tools; Performing Arts;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how the sense drive is created in music and how these techniques can be used as compositional tools. Three methods were used to find this result. First method was to do an interpretative analysis of four songs in the metal genre, drawing a curve describing how the drive was experienced to progress throughout each song. READ MORE