Search for dissertations about: "Musical gestures"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Musical gestures.

  2. 1. Exercising musicianship anew through soundpainting : Speaking music through sound gestures

    Author : Bruno Faria; Musikhögskolan i Malmö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Soundpainting; Artistic transactions; Musical signs; Musical gestures; Music indeterminacy; Improvisation;

    Abstract : In this thesis I focus on soundpainting-mediated musical experiences. Proposed in the mid seventies by the American musician Walter Thompson (b. 1952), soundpainting is a conventionalized artistic practice designed to create artistic works in real time. READ MORE

  4. 2. Ups and Downs, Violin Bowing as Gesture

    Author : Peter Spissky; Lärare (Musikhögskolan); []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; musical gestures; musical interpretation; baroque music; embodied music cognition; historical performance practice; Historically informed performance; baroque dance;

    Abstract : This thesis is an inquiry into musical interpretation and performance. It builds on my practice as a professional baroque violinist. Qualitative analysis of the video documentation of my individual practise, rehearsals, and concert performances is the core method of the project. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Printed Score as a Mediator of Musical Meaning Approaches to Music Notation in Western tonal music

    Author : Cecilia Hultberg; Musikhögskolan i Malmö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; notation as a cultural tool; music notation; music teachers’ education; instrumental training; apprentice education; teaching; Western tonal music; learning; musical literacy; agreed; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper;

    Abstract : Abstract Centering on notation is a characteristic of Western tonal music. The printed scores are expected to provide the necessary information on musical expression. In this study, strategically selected contemporary musicians’ ways of under-standing the printed scores are investigated. READ MORE

  6. 4. Expression in Live Coding: Gestural Interaction for Machine Musicianship

    Author : Georgios Diapoulis; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; music perception; live programming; liveness; music interaction; live coding; music information retrieval; gestural control; musical interfaces; expressive interaction; music performance;

    Abstract : This thesis is centered on the performance practice of musical live coding, which can be described as on-the-fly decision-making for computer music performance and blurs the lines between programming languages and computer interfaces. I specifically focus on live coding as a human activity based on serial skilled actions, and I discuss how we can interact gesturally with interfaces that are modified dynamically. READ MORE

  7. 5. Staging Violence, Singing Hope : Trauma, Memory, and Affect in Three Musical and Dance Performances by North Korean Migrants in South Korea

    Author : Iain Sands; Sonja Häussler; Dirk Gindt; Sunhee Koo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Korea; North Korea; North Korean migrants; South Korea; performance studies; performance; performativity; performing arts; Korean studies; affect; culture; gender; trauma; borderlands; migration; unification; dance; music; choral music; choral performance; Asiens språk och kulturer; Asian Languages and Cultures;

    Abstract : This thesis presents new research on artistic performances of North Korean migrants living in South Korea through critical analyses of three case studies. Two of the case studies are focused on a North Korean migrant women's musical troupe, and one on a choir of North Korean and South Korean youths. READ MORE