Search for dissertations about: "musical parameters"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words musical parameters.

  2. 1. Narrative music : towards an understanding of musical narrative functions in multimedia

    Author : Johnny Wingstedt; S Brändström; Jan Berg; Luleå University of Technology; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; film music; game music; media music; musical conventions; musical parameters; narrative music;

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  4. 2. A Quantitative Rule System for Musical Performance

    Author : Anders Friberg; Johan Sundberg; Giovanni Di Poli; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; music performance; expression; interpretation; rules; computer music; midi; jnd; time discrimination; locomotion; motion; listening experiment; perception; timing; phrasing; intonation; Speech and Music Communication; Tal- och musikkommunikation;

    Abstract : A rule system is described that translates an input score file to a musical performance. The rules model different principles of interpretation used by real musicians, such as phrasing, punctuation, harmonic and melodic structure, micro timing, accents, intonation, and final ritard. READ MORE

  5. 3. Why so different? - Aspects of voice characteristics in operatic and musical theatre singing : Aspects of voice characteristics in operatic and musical theatre singing

    Author : Eva Björkner; Anders Askenfelt; Ronald C. Scherer; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; operatic singing; musical theatre singing; voice source; subglottal pressure; flow glottogram; inverse filtering; formant frequencies; amplitude quotient AQ ; Music; Musikvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses aspects of voice characteristics in operatic and musical theatre singing. The common aim of the studies was to identify respiratory, phonatory and resonatory characteristics accounting for salient voice timbre differences between singing styles. READ MORE

  6. 4. Narrative music : towards an understanding of musical narrative functions in multimedia

    Author : Johnny Wingstedt; Nyssim Lefford; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Music Education; Musikpedagogik;

    Abstract : As the computer screen is replacing the book as the dominant medium for communication (Kress, 2003), questions about how meaning is constituted by the multimodal interaction of different media (including music) is becoming increasingly important in contemporary research of pedagogy, sociology and media studies. The overall aim with this licentiate thesis is to explore musical narrative functions as they appear in multimedia such as film and computer games. READ MORE

  7. 5. Goodbye Reason Hello Rhyme : a study of meaning making and the concept development process in music composition

    Author : Peter Falthin; Kungl. Musikhögskolan; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; making musical meaning;

    Abstract : This thesis comprises two articles based on qualitative empirical studies and a theoretical introduction. All three texts deal with the same problem area concerning musical meaning making and the concept development process in the course of composition learning. Each text could be read separately. READ MORE