Essays about: "Modal Music"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Modal Music.
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1. Real-time visual feedback of emotional expression in singing
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : The thesis project concerns the development and evaluation of a real-time music visualization system aimed at creating a multi-modal perceptual experience of music emotions. The purpose of the project is to provide singers with real-time visual feedback on their singing, to enhance their expression of emotions in the music. READ MORE
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2. The Gunnlod Dataset : Engineering a dataset for multi-modal music generation
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : This report details the creation of a new dataset named the Gunnlod dataset (after the Norse giantess who guarded the mead of poetry) for use in research in the field of machine learning as applied to music creation, particularly multi-modal music in the MIDI format of symbolic music representation. The dataset is based on a subset of approximately four fifths of the Lakh MIDI dataset. READ MORE
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3. The Sound Forest : Smartphoneenabled Modulation of Music Through Bodily Movements
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : There is a growing interest in designing for whole body interactions in the field of Human–Computer Interaction, where numerous researchers are using this knowledge for creating new age digital musical instruments, with the secondary focus on creating inclusive music creation mediums for all. The aim was to create a new interaction medium for Sound Forest, a digital musical instrument at Stockholm Museum of Performing Arts. READ MORE
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4. Searching for possibilities - Exploring the potentials of my Qanun performance.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : Over the course of many years of playing the qanun; a trapezoidal middle eastern zither-like stringed instrument, I have noticed how often the instrument has been played within its modal traditional framework, leading me to a perception that the qanun and myself are prevented from discovering more techniques and new potentials. I, hence, have been attempting to explore the traditional manners of treating the instrument with regard to timbre, playing techniques, and different harmonic orientations - while trying to maintain its true qualities and not losing sight of its traditional soul. READ MORE
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5. Improvisation and wisely borrowing from master’s ornaments. How to adapt playing techniques of other instruments on the Kamancheh
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : The aim of this project is to develop my improvisational and compositional abilities by means of using the traditional method, which is based on imitating the masters` music. In this method not only I try to transcribe, memorize, and then play someone else's melody but also, I will give my own interpretation of a specific melody. READ MORE
