【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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Music and cognitive abilities
Does music make you smarter? Music listening and music lessons have been claimed to confer intellectual advantages. Any association between music and intellectual functioning would be notable only if the benefits apply reliably to nonmusical abilities and
Musical preference, deviance, and attitudes towards music celebrities
Two studies investigated the relationship among British students between liking for 'problem' music, indices of deviance, and scores on a slightly modified version of the Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS). Study I indicated a positive relationship between
Factors influencing entrance to a music school and adjustment to college: Music experience, music en
The present article reports further analysis of the data in Sato (2001). In that study, factor analysis of reasons students gave for selecting a music school revealed 3 factors that may have raised the probability of their feeling of adaptation to college
The evolution of Rai music
Rai has evolved from native Orani-Algerian music with provocative lyrics sung at local cafes, bars, and bordellos to the most popular and controversial music in North Africa today. It was banned from the Algerian broadcast media because it was considered
Music as therapy
Music is widely used to enhance well-being, reduce stress, and distract patients from unpleasant symptoms. Although there are wide variations in individual preferences, music appears to exert direct physiologic effects through the autonomic nervous system
Artaria's music shop and Boccherini's music in Viennese musical life
The article charts the rise and fall in the dissemination of Boccherini's published music in Vienna before 1800 by examining two sets of documents that have previously attracted little scholarly attention. Artaria's sales catalogues shed light on the bu
Is the cost disease contagious?: The case of Early Music orchestras
To complete traditional explanations of why the performing arts tend to run a deficit, the case of Early Music orchestras is examined. The usual mechanisms do not suffice to explain why these institutions suffer from the illness of costs. Two hypotheses a
Golden ears and meter readers: The contest for epistemic authority in audiophilia
Scientific claims to knowledge and the uses of technological artifacts are both inherently contestable, but both are not usually contested together. Consumers of 'specialty' audio equipment (known as the 'high end'), however, connect both forms of res
The network studio:: Historical and technological paths to a new ideal in music making
In recent years, various forces within and outside the music industry record producers, hardware and software suppliers, and Internet service providers have created techniques and tools that allow recording studios in remote locations to be networked in e
California noise: Tinkering with hardcore and heavy metal in southern California
Tinkering has long figured prominently in the history of the electric guitar. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, two guitarists based in the burgeoning Southern California hard rock scene adapted technological tinkering to their musical endeavors. Edw
Breaking into a world of perfection: Innovation in today's classical musical instruments
Professional music journals frequently publish descriptions of newly registered patents concerning classical musical instruments. Only a few of the many proposals for innovation actually enter production. The large number of ideas for improving musical in
Sound and meaning in aboriginal tourism
Musical heritage is a profitable resource in the development of cultural tourism worldwide, yet the identities of the communities whose music is recontextualized at venues are frequently co-opted in the process. Centering on an Aboriginal tourism company
Approximate string matching for music analysis
Approximate pattern matching algorithms have become an important tool in computer assisted music analysis and information retrieval. The number of different problem formulations has greatly expanded in recent years, not least because of the subjective nat
'She's very slim': talking about body-size in all-female interactions
A feminist issue that still attracts a great deal of both academic and public debate is the topic of body-image, particularly in relation to women's physical and emotional health. In today's media-saturated world, women are constantly surrounded by imag
Effects of music therapy for children and adolescents with psychopathology: a meta-analysis
Background: The objectives of this review were to examine the overall efficacy of music therapy for children and adolescents with psychopathology, and to examine how the size of the effect of music therapy is influenced by the type of pathology, client's