【Music】Article four: 'Digital music and critical music literacy'
The Society of Music Analysis report indicated that digital music often sits uncomfortably within a curriculum where the main focus is on the non-digi... [more]
【Music】Music-making for music teacher identity: perspectives from novice music teachers in South Korea
Music teacher identity is constructed at the intersection between musician and teacher. This study investigated the meaning of music-making among Kore... [more]
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Archives of the Dance (28): Chisenhale Dance Space
This contribution to the 'Archives of the Dance' series explores Chisenhale Dance Space's collection and my work with it as a PhD researcher. My re...
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Dance matters: dancing in Tunisia
A Tunisian youth movement, Dancers Citizens South (DCS), founded on 31 May 2015, encourages young people to find agency in their communities by creati...
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Modeling emotional content of music using system identification
Research was conducted to develop a methodology to model the emotional content of music as a function of time and musical features. Emotion is quantified using the dimensions valence and arousal, and system-identification techniques are used to create the
Methodologies for evaluation of note-based music-retrieval systems
There have been many proposed music-retrieval systems, based on a variety of principles. How the effectiveness of these systems compares is not clear. The evaluation of some systems has been informal, without the rigor applied in other areas of informatio
Modeling timbre distance with temporal statistics from polyphonic music
Timbre distance and similarity are expressions of the phenomenon that some music appears similar while other songs sound very different to us. The notion of genre is often used to categorize music, but songs from a single genre do not necessarily sound si
Setting the tone with the tune: A meta-analytic review of the effects of background music in retail
Among the many in-store elements purported to impact patrons, background music is a leading feature of academic enquiry [Turley LW, Milliman RE. Atmospheric Effects on Shopping Behavior: A Review of the Experimental Evidence. J Bus Res 2000;49(2):193-211.
Efficient localization of synchronous EEG source activities using a modified RAP-MUSIC algorithm
Synchronization across different brain regions is suggested to be a possible mechanism for functional integration. Noninvasive analysis of the synchronization among cortical areas is possible if the electrical sources can be estimated by solving the elect
SIGNDANCE: SPACE FOR DIVERSITY
Signdance is a way of expression that integrates communication and artistic creation in equal proportion, through the fusion of different dance styles with sign languages and international sign system. It is an end in itself and at the same time, a means
Chat to Mi Back: Meditation on body archive
This article addresses the concept Body as Archive in the context of contemporary Jamaica, a nation simultaneously grounded in Christian Religiosity and rooted in African Cosmology. Body as Archive is identified here as an understanding of the body that r
Dancing with the Impropriety of Media: How Indonesian Consumers Think and Behave towards the Unethic
The rise of online media makes us now everyday are bombarded by a number of online news content which are sometimes unethical and illogical. Without considering the adverse effects it causes, the media continue to treat news consumers with inappropriate c
XXIII National Fair of Rural Culture, Chapingo (Mexico) 2018
The National Fair of Rural Culture is an 11-day event that showcases the rural culture heritage of the 32 Mexican States with samples of their handicraft, gastronomy, folk dances and other typical artistic representations that is organized annually by the
ANALYSIS OF THE MOVEMENT IN RELATION TO THE STRUCTURE MUSICAL OF THE FONDU AND THE DOUBLE FONDU AT 4
In this essay, the movement of the academic dance steps fondu and double fondu at 45 degrees will be explained in binary and ternary meters. Different dinamics will be exposed, concluding with the most suitable musical accompaniment for its execution, as
Structural and functional neural correlates of music perception
This review article highlights state-of-the-art functional neuroimaging studies and demonstrates the novel use of music as a tool for the study of human auditory brain structure and function. Music is a unique auditory stimulus with properties that make i
Dance/movement and music in improvisational concert: A model for psychotherapy
Improvised dance and live music played by the participants themselves define a dance/movement and music (DMM) model in which interactive, variable geometries of sound and movement open up a novel theatre for emergent imagination and drive the interplay of
Superstardom in the US popular music industry revisited
We test if there were 'superstars' in the US popular music industry between 1955 and 2003, and reject a particular version of this hypothesis. This contradicts earlier findings and indicates the sensitivity of the conclusions to the choice of 'stardom
When a few minutes sound like a lifetime: Does atmospheric music expand or contract perceived time?
In the first of two experiments, the estimated duration of a given interval was shorter when familiar as opposed to unfamiliar music was played, but only for respondents waiting idly; music had little or no effect on respondents engaged in a memory task d
Recurring harmonic walks and network motifs in Western music
Western harmony is comprised of sequences of chords, which obey grammatical rules. It is of interest to develop a compact representation of the harmonic movement of chord sequences. Here, we apply an approach from analysis of complex networks, known as ne