Essays about: "instrumental musik"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words instrumental musik.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Music generation using tracker music and machine learning

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

    Author : Björn Lindqvist; [2021]
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    Abstract : We investigate the modelling of polyphonic “tracker music” using deep neural networks. Tracker music is a music storage format invented in the late 1980s for use on that time’s home computers and is often used for storing synthesized electronic music. READ MORE

  4. 3. A study of how tempo in music affects reading comprehension when consuming written news on a smartphone

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

    Author : Tania Christensen; Tobias Hansson; [2018]
    Keywords : background music; reading comprehension; smartphone; tempo; written news; bakgrundsmusik; läsförståelse; smarttelefon; tempo; nyheter;

    Abstract : This study examines how tempo of background music affects reading comprehension when consuming written news on a smartphone. It has taken inspiration from a study conducted in 2002 which investigated how tempo in music affects reading comprehension when reading news on a pocket computer in a distracting environment. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sparking Musical Excellence

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musik

    Author : Kilian Konrad; [2017-09-22]
    Keywords : audition; concentration; instrumental practice; interpretation; mental attitude; musical concept; orchestral excerts; performance; symphonic orchestra; trombone; words and music;

    Abstract : Is there a way to describe style, mood, meaning of an orchestral excerpt in one or two words? Can those describing words (adjectives) help to find the focus quicker in between the performances of different excerpts in an audition situation? Does the musical meaning of my performance get stronger if I formulate my musical ideas in words before? In my master project I worked with the five most commonly used orchestral excerpts in orchestra auditions for tenor trombone. I researched the historical and compositional backgrounds of the excerpts. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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