Essays about: "musical research"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 113 essays containing the words musical research.

  1. 16. An investigation of challenges in learning an opera role

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Antonia Neld; [2023]
    Keywords : Opera; Baroque opera; Musical performance;

    Abstract : From August 2022 to May 2023, I participated in a student production of Cavalli’s La Calisto, and my part in the production was the role of Diana. This thesis investigates the specific challenges of the role, and in consequence how I resolved those challenges. READ MORE

  3. 17. 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

  4. 18. The Sound of Capta : Sonification as critical method for data perceptualization in digital humanities

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Daniel Lind; [2023]
    Keywords : Sonification; Auditory display; Data perceptualization; Epistemology; Digital Humanities; Critical hermeneutics; Humanities data; Spotify; Music history; SuperCollider;

    Abstract : Sonification allows for the analysis and interpretation of data through its rendering into sound. It is a method that remains largely unexplored from a digital humanities perspective. The present thesis addresses this research gap by exploring aspects of sonification as a mode of data perceptualization. READ MORE

  5. 19. Comparison of CNN and LSTM for classifying short musical samples

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

    Author : Tore Nylén; Victor Stenmark; [2023]
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    Abstract : Applying machine learning to music and audio data is becoming increasingly common. One such area of research is instrument classification, which is the task of identifying the instrument played in a given audio file. In this study, we compared two machine learning model types, LSTM and CNN, on the task of classifying ten different instruments. READ MORE

  6. 20. Complications of 20th Century French Basson Music on Modern German Bassoon System

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för klassisk musik

    Author : Ciarán Hayes; [2023]
    Keywords : basson; bassoon; alternative fingerings; complications of performance; double tonguing; reeds;

    Abstract : The 20th century French repertoire remains some of the most fruitful and varied music written for our instrument. But in fact it was written for another instrument entirely. READ MORE