scholarly journals How Musical Selection Impacts the Performance of the Interaction with the Computer

2015 ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Mickael da Costa ◽  
Davide Carneiro ◽  
Marcelo Dias ◽  
Paulo Novais
Keyword(s):  
Musical Selection

Vigilance, Workload, and Boredom: Two Competing Models

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (17) ◽  
pp. 1531-1535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline R. Alikonis ◽  
Joel S. Warm ◽  
Gerald Matthews ◽  
William N. Dember ◽  
Edward M. Hitchcock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Beneficial Effect ◽  
Direct Cost ◽  
Task Engagement ◽  
Processing Load ◽  
High Workload ◽  
Perceived Workload ◽  
Competing Models ◽  
Musical Selection ◽  
High Information

Two models that seek to explain the high workload associated with vigilance tasks are the direct-cost and indirect-cost views. The former attributes the elevated workload to the high information-processing demand of the task; the latter attributes it to efforts to combat the boredom associated with monotonous vigilance tasks. A recent study by Hitchcock et al. (1999) provided support for the direct-cost view by showing that it is possible to lower the workload of vigilance through reductions in the information-processing load while leaving task-induced boredom unaffected. This study provides converging evidence for the direct-cost view: allowing observers to listen to a stress-reducing musical selection, Heart Zones, during a vigil lowered boredom while leaving the perceived workload of the task unaffected. The beneficial effect of the musical selection was limited to boredom; it had no impact upon post-vigil feelings of loss of task engagement and distress.

Effect of Musical Performance on Perception of Tension in Gustav Hoist's First Suite in E-flat

1999 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Fredrickson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Wind Ensemble ◽  
Musical Performance ◽  
Research Protocol ◽  
Digital Interface ◽  
High School Band ◽  
Choral Ensemble ◽  
Continuous Response ◽  
Musical Selection

The purpose of the study was to examine whether musicians who rehearse and perform a musical selection perceive tension in the music differently than do listeners who have not had the performance experience. Students ( n = 32) in a university wind ensemble rehearsed and performed Gustav Hoist's First Suite in E-flat. Within 2 weeks of the performance, participants listened to a recording of the first movement (“Chaconne”) of that performance while registering their perceptions of tension in the music using a Continuous Response Digital Interface (CRDI) dial. Another group of students ( n = 32) from a university choral ensemble performed the same research protocol. Students in a high school band ( n = 60) also rehearsed and performed the selection. Participants listened to the recording of the musical selection, and registered their perceptions of tension, before rehearsals began and following their performance. Analysis indicated that the experience of performing the music did not seem to greatly affect perception of tension as measured in this study.

Perception of Loudness and Musical Preference: Comparison of Musicians and Nonmusicians

1992 ◽  
Vol 74 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1149-1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Hoover ◽  
Salvatore Cullari
Keyword(s):  
Neutral Stimulus ◽  
Musical Preference ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Musical Selection

To estimate the relationship between musical preference and perceived loudness, 25 subjects, musicians and nonmusicians, were asked to match the loudness of a neutral stimulus to a given musical selection. Ten different types of music were used; each was rated for likability by the subject. Over-all analysis of loudness ratings indicated that nonmusicians were more accurate in matching loudness of a neutral stimulus with the musical selections. This finding suggests differences in loudness perception between musicians and nonmusicians. Both groups were most accurate on the selection which could be inferred as most familiar.

A Comparison of Music Majors' and Nonmajors' Perceptions of Tension for Two Selections of Jazz Music

2003 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Fredrickson ◽  
John C. Coggiola
Keyword(s):  
Order Effect ◽  
Music Majors ◽  
Aesthetic Response ◽  
Digital Interface ◽  
Continuous Response ◽  
Jazz Music ◽  
Nonmusic Majors ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Musical Context ◽  
Musical Selection

The present study allowed music majors (n = 40) and nonmajors (n = 30) to record their perceptions of tension in two selections of jazz music using the Continuous Response Digital Interface (CRDI). Both musical stimuli were recorded versions of “St. Louis Blues” by W. C. Handy, The first was a popular, stylized version sung by Nat King Cole, and the second, which included an extensive improvisatory section, was performed by Ella Fitzgerald. In comparing these results to earlier studies dealing with music majors' and nonmajors' perceived tension and aesthetic response, there are certain factors that remain constant Music majors' responses did not seem to differ markedly in overall contour from nonmusic majors' responses, which is consistent with previous research. Graphs of perceived tension responses are much more highly differentiated than are graphs of perceived aesthetic response. These graphs produce a pattern that is unique to that musical selection (or in this case, a highly stylized performance). Subjects had no trouble performing the task or using an existing internal definition of musical tension. This existing internal definition is probably applied to a variety of musical styles, including jazz. This study also seemed to indicate a definite order effect in the presentation of the stimuli, which may relate to the way listeners put what they hear into a musical context.

The Effect of Text Translation on Perceived Musical Tension in Debussy’s Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda S. Hackworth ◽  
William E. Fredrickson
Keyword(s):  
Choral Music ◽  
Digital Interface ◽  
Continuous Response ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Tension Curve ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Musical Selection

The primary focus of the present study was to investigate the effect participants’ ( N = 100) knowledge of a text translation may have on their perceived musical tension while listening to a piece of choral music sung in another language. When examining the graphs that show the group mean responses of the participants, control (without text translation) versus experimental (with text translation), it is clear that there are many similarities between the groups. Any differences that may be attributable to an understanding of the text while tracking tension in this musical selection are minimal and most likely individualized by participant. A secondary goal of the study was to observe the impact of having half the participants begin recording their responses with the dial pointer of the Continuous Response Digital Interface (CRDI) positioned either at the left of the tension curve-continuum or positioned at middial. Group data for participants’ who started with their dials on the left, versus those who started with dials in the middle, also showed similarities sufficient to call into the question the idea that starting at a different place on this scale would affect recording of perceptions significantly.

Acoustic Analysis of the Interaction of Choral Arrangements, Musical Selection, and Microphone Location

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 568-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Morris ◽  
Ashley J. Mustafa ◽  
Christopher R. McCrea ◽  
Linda P. Fowler ◽  
Christopher Aspaas
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Analysis ◽  
Choral Arrangements ◽  
Musical Selection

scholarly journals Characteristics of musical performance and visual-motor interaction of sight-reading performance of pianists depending on texture of musical pieces

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-53
Author(s):  
L.V. Tereshchenko ◽  
L.A. Boyko ◽  
D.K. Ivanchenko ◽  
G.V. Zadneprovskaya ◽  
A.V. Latanov
Keyword(s):  
Reading Ability ◽  
Working Memory Capacity ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Reading Performance ◽  
Sight Reading ◽  
Musical Piece ◽  
Head Fixation ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
Objective Indicators ◽  
Musical Selection

We studied the basic characteristics of the music playback while sight-reading of three two-line musical selections of classic music of different textures and complexity–two-voice polyphonic musical piece, the theme and variation of homophonic-harmonic musical piece. The tempo of play and the number of errors depend on the texture of a musical selection. These characteristics are objective indicators of the skill of sight-reading of musicians, and the complexity of musical selection. Using an original technique of eye movement recording without head fixation we studied eye-hand span–the time from reading the text to music playback. According to our data, eye-hand span is dependent on the texture of the performed musical piece, correlated inversely with the number of errors and directly correlated with the rate of stability in the performance. This parameter is also the objective measure of sight-reading ability, and is connected with the complexity of a musical piece and, presumably characterizes the working memory capacity of musicians.

Music Therapy

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIAH SNYDER ◽  
LINDA CHLAN
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Nursing Research ◽  
Aggressive Behaviors ◽  
Sizeable Number ◽  
Musical Selection

Nurses have used music as an intervention for many years. A sizeable number of investigations to determine the efficacy of music in managing pain, in decreasing anxiety and aggressive behaviors, and in improving performance and well-being have been conducted by nurses and other health professionals. Nursing and non-nursing research reports published between the years 1980–1997 were reviewed. Great variation existed in the type of musical selection used, the dose of the intervention (number of sessions and length exposure), the populations studied, and the methodologies used. Overall, music was found to be effective in producing positive outcomes.

Dig-Music: An on Demand Digital Musical Selection System Utilizing CATV Facilities

1982 ◽  
Vol CE-28 (3) ◽  
pp. xviii-xxvi
Author(s):  
Graham M. Campbell ◽  
Yih-Chen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Selection System ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Musical Selection
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