Essays about: "music composing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 essays containing the words music composing.

  1. 1. Spectromorphological Reductions : Exploring and developing approaches for sound-based notation of live electronics

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Musik, medier och teater

    Author : Hans Lennart Jonsäll; [2023]
    Keywords : live electronics; electronic music; electroacoustic music; notation; spectromorphology; typo-morphology; Sound Notation; digital musical instruments.;

    Abstract : In this master’s thesis, a sound-based notation system is explored and developed in the composition and performance of a musical work for live electronics. My approach builds on existing systems for electroacoustic music analysis, most notably Dennis Smalley’s (1997) theory of spectromorphology and the symbolic language of Lasse Thoresen & Andreas Hedman (2007) based on Pierre Schaeffer’s typo-morphology, as well as Mattias Sköld’s (2023) adaptation of this system for composition and transcription (Sound Notation). READ MORE

  3. 2. Big Ideas, Big Band : A young composer’s methods and findings on his maiden voyage in the rough seas of writing for big band.

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

    Author : Tumi Torfason; [2023]
    Keywords : Big Band Jazz Orchestra; Original compositions; Experimental instrumentation; Orchestration Arranging;

    Abstract : For his graduation project from the jazz department at KMH, Icelandic trumpeter and composer, Tumi Torfason, put on a big band concert with an original program of music and an alternative instrumentation. In this thesis he describes his research and creative process leading up to the concert with insights into his inspirations, compositional methods and approach to arranging. 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. Teaching an Agent to Replicate Melodies by Listening : A Reinforcement Learning Approach to Generating Piano Rolls and Parameters of Physically Modeled Instruments from Target Audios

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

    Author : Wille Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : Reinforcement Learning; Music Informatics; Audio Processing; Physical Models; Instruments; Förstärkningsinlärning; Musikinformatik; Ljudbehandling; Fysiska modeller; Instrument;

    Abstract : Reinforcement learning has seen great improvements in recent years, with new frameworks and algorithms continually being developed. Some efforts have also been made to incorporate this method into music in various ways. READ MORE