Essays about: "musical expression"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words musical expression.

  1. 1. The Sounds of Pain : An ethnography of musicians living with migraine in Uppsala

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Rosanne Heijstek; [2024]
    Keywords : migraine; anthropology; pain; music; affect;

    Abstract : Migraine is an extremely common and disabling disease that affects three times more women than men, and is characterized by recurring migraines comprised of disturbances in sensation perception, intense head pain, nausea, and increased sensitivity to light and sound that can last from several hours to multiple days. Currently, there are no cures for the disease, no official social services that can help a person to handle living with it, and limited studies on its mechanisms or impact on a person’s life. READ MORE

  3. 2. Collaborative virtual instrument design : Exploring resonance, agency and affordance through a cooperative virtual instrument

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Paul Joseph Richard Evans; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In this paper, through the process of designing and building a collaborative virtual musical instrument I explore users' sense of resonance and agency in relation to technology. With technology’s constant acceleration leaving many feeling alienated, this paper attempts to investigate technology’s potential for creating more meaningful resonant relationships. READ MORE

  4. 3. Real-time visual feedback of emotional expression in singing

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

    Author : Xuehua Fu; [2023]
    Keywords : Sound and Music Computing; Music Visualization; Cross-modal Feedback; Mapping; Music Expressivity; Multimodal Interaction; Ljud-och musikberäkning; Musikvisualisering; Korsmodal återkoppling; Kartläggning; Musikexpressivitet; Multimodal interaktion;

    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

  5. 4. Understandings of musical interpretationamong tertiary percussion students andteachers in Sweden : A hermeneutic-phenomenological inquiry

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Musikhögskolan

    Author : Filip Korošec; [2023]
    Keywords : Musical interpretation; percussion; tertiary music education; individual tuition;

    Abstract : Musical interpretation is, despite being commonly discussed in practice, an under researchedarea. Additionally, most of the studies we have, concentrate on western classical piano players.The aim of this thesis is to contribute another perspective and investigate how tertiarypercussion students and teachers understand musical interpretation. READ MORE

  6. 5. 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