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Musical Feedback: a new strategy in gait training for Parkinson’s Disease Patients
2016
Rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) for gait training in Parkinson’s disease has been applied successfully over the last three decades. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of an extended concept of RAS, which is not limited to musical stimulation, but also includes musical feedback. In our study the comparison between RAS, musical feedback (MF), and no musical stimulation (NM) is conducted on a sample of 20 idiopathic Parkinsonian patients in a randomized cross-over design. Each patient has the task to walk for six minutes for each condition, focusing on stride length. The patient is instructed to make long steps and is connected with a software that is able to rec…
Innovación y TIC en el paisaje sonoro de la música festera a través de la creación de musicomovigramas
2019
Este artículo es parte de un proyecto de investigación sobre el paisaje sonoro, la escucha y la creación y recreación de espacios de educación ambiental y musical. Consiste en una propuesta de creación y utilización de un recurso auditivo-didáctico e interactivo, el musicomovigrama o musicograma en movimiento, para trabajar la escucha y el desarrollo emocional mediante la Fiesta y la música de Moros y Cristianos de Alcoy y su paisaje sonoro. La gran potencialidad de este recurso deriva de su capacidad para ofrecer al alumnado un soporte visual atractivo sincronizado con la progresión de la música que escucha, de tal manera que ambos códigos avancen simultáneamente. El objetivo principal es …
The Man at the Piano or how Sound came to Image
2002
By the mid-19th century artists were already beginning to enhance the emotional effect of images and moving image sequences through musical expression. Their compositions were the precursors of modern film music
Grammar types in language explain tone sequence processing in music
2009
In this ERP study, linear and center-embedded musical sequences are built according to two artificial grammar types in language, named finite state grammar (FSG) and phrase structure grammar (PSG). The aim is to prove if neural sources and processing mechanisms for artificial grammar settings across domains are the same. Isochronous pitch sequences were constructed by two interval categories (3rd and 6th) in upward and downward direction. FSG sequences, which have the general form ABAB in artificial grammar, are translated into “small up/small down/large up/large down”. PSG sequences of form A[AB]B are transposed to “small up/large up/large down/small down”. In two ERP recordings testing FS…
Le prophète in Italy
2009
This paper focuses on the reception of Giacomo Meyerbeer's Le prophète in Italy during the Nineteenth Century. It is divided in two parts: the first deals briefly with general issues about Meyerbeer’s reception in Italy, in order to provide a context to the discussion about Le Prophète. In the second part I’ll begin with some statistics about Le Prophète’s performances in Italy; I’ll go on discussing some relevant performances such as the Italian première in Florence, and the Turin’s and Parma’s productions. I’ll also discuss some examples of Meyerbeer’s criticism in the Italian press.
Repetition and Aesthetic Judgment in Post-tonal Music for Large Ensemble and Orchestra
2021
Post-tonal music often poses perceptual and cognitive challenges for listeners, potentially related to the use of relatively uncommon and unfamiliar musical material and compositional processes. As a basic compositional device, repetition affects memory for music and is structured by composers in very different ways across tonal and post-tonal musical repertoires. Of particular concern is whether post-tonal music exhibits mnemonic affordances that allow listeners to experience a sense of global coherence, and whether repetition correlates strongly with aesthetic judgment. Although previous research suggests that repetition impacts aesthetic preference, empirical research has not mapped out …
Towards pop chord space : harmonic hierarchy in popular music
2010
Structural factors in preschool children's emotional expression in music
2011
Recent studies have substantiated that preschool children are able to perceive the emotional meaning in music. However, to date, research has not paid enough attention to children’s emotional expression in music. The current study investigated 3- (N=18) and 5- (N=19) year-old children’s ability to express emotion with music by manipulating musical factors (pitch, loudness and tempo) to indicate one of three basic emotions (happiness, sadness or angriness). In order to facilitate the recognition of emotions three images of faces were presented representing target emotions. Three musical pieces differing in terms of emotional quality were presented in random order and participants were asked …
Groove as a multidimensional participatory experience
2023
Groove is a popular and widely used concept in the field of music. Yet, its precise definition remains elusive. Upon closer inspection, groove appears to be used as an umbrella term with various connotations depending on the musical era, the musical context, and the individual using the term. Our aim in this article was to explore different definitions and connotations of the term groove so as to reach a more detailed understanding of it. Consequently, in an online survey, 88 participants provided free-text descriptions of the term groove. A thematic analysis revealed that groove is a multifaceted phenomenon, and participants’ descriptions fit into two main categories: music- and experience…
Improvvisazione, rito, scrittura: Scelsi e lo statuto d'opera
2008
L'articolo analizza il corpus delle composizioni di Giacinto Scelsi (in particolar modo i Quartetti) confrontandolo con le categorie dello statuto dell'opera d'arte musicale, così come si è consolidato nella musica europea degli ultimi secoli.