Search for dissertations about: "thesis in music"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 301 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis in music.

  2. 6. 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

  4. 7. 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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  5. 8. Singing the body electric : Understanding the role of embodiment in performing and composing interactive music

    Author : Anna Einarsson; Tom Ziemke; Per Mårtenson; Sally-Jane Norman; Kungl. Musikhögskolan; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; music composition; embodiment; singing; interactive music; live electronics; affordances; performance technologies; computer music; music composition; embodiment; singing; interactive music; live electronics; affordances; performance technologies; ; computer music;

    Abstract : Almost since the birth of electronic music, composers have been fascinated by the prospect of integrating the human voice with its expressiveness and complexity into electronic musical works. This thesis addresses how performing with responsive technologies in mixed works, i.e. READ MORE

  6. 9. Music Education and Democratisation : Policy processes and discourses of inclusion of all children in Sweden's Art and Music Schools

    Author : Adriana Di Lorenzo Tillborg; Lärare (Musikhögskolan); []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art and music schools; Democracy; Kulturskola; Inclusion; Leadership; Music education; Discourse; Policy; Art and music schools; Democracy; Kulturskola; Inclusion; Leadership; Music education; Discourses; Policies;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to critically investigate the discourses of Sweden’s Art and Music Schools (SAMS, kulturskolor in Swedish) connected to policy processes for the democratisation of music education for all children and adolescents. A further aim is to contribute to knowledge on the development and enactment of policy processes for the democratisation of music education. READ MORE

  7. 10. 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