Notating Action-Based Music

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 65-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juraj Kojs
Keyword(s):  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Music Notation ◽  
Enactive Cognition ◽  
Graphic Scores ◽  
Physical Gestures ◽  
And Performance

The author discusses the notation of action-based music, in which physical gestures and their characteristics, such as shape, direction and speed (as opposed to psychoacoustic properties such as pitch, timbre and rhythm), play the dominant role in preserving and transferring information. Grounded in ecological perception and enactive cognition, the article shows how such an approach mediates a direct relationship between composition and performance, details some action-based music notation principles and offers practical examples. A discussion of tablature, graphic scores and text scores contextualizes the method historically.

Compositional and Performance Mapping in Computer Chamber Music: A Case Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Lyon ◽  
R. Benjamin Knapp ◽  
Gascia Ouzounian
Keyword(s):  
Chamber Music ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Mapping Problem ◽  
Software Interfaces ◽  
Digital Synthesis ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Physical Gestures ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Musical Interaction

The mapping problem is inherent to digital musical instruments (DMIs), which require, at the very least, an association between physical gestures and digital synthesis algorithms to transform human bodily performance into sound. This article considers the DMI mapping problem in the context of the creation and performance of a heterogeneous computer chamber music piece, a trio for violin, biosensors, and computer. Our discussion situates the DMI mapping problem within the broader set of interdependent musical interaction issues that surfaced during the composition and rehearsal of the trio. Through descriptions of the development of the piece, development of the hardware and software interfaces, lessons learned through rehearsal, and self-reporting by the participants, the rich musical possibilities and technical challenges of the integration of digital musical instruments into computer chamber music are demonstrated.

Some Important Mechanisms and Processes in the Near Field of the Swedish Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel

1992 ◽  
Vol 294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivars Neretnieks
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Diffusion ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Water Flow Rate ◽  
Crystalline Rock ◽  
Diffusive Transport ◽  
Actual Design ◽  
Natural Analogues ◽  
And Performance

ABSTRACTIn repositories for nuclear waste there are many processes that will be instrumental in damaging the canisters and releasing the nuclides. Based on experiences from studies of the performance of repositories and of an actual design, the major mechanisms influencing the integrity and performance of a repository are described and discussed. The paper addresses only conditions in crystalline rock repositories. The low water flow rate in fractures and channels plays a dominant role in limiting the interaction between water and waste. Molecular diffusion in the backfill and rock matrix, as well as in the mobile water, is an important transport process, but actually limits the exchange rate because diffusive transport is slow. Solubility limits of both waste matrix and of individual nuclides are also important. Complicating processes include alpha-radiolysis, which may change the water chemistry in the near-field. The sizes and locations of water flowpaths and damages in the canisters considerably influence the release rates. Uncertainties in data are large. Nevertheless the system is very robust in the sense that practically no reasonably conceivable assumptions or data will lead to large nuclide releases. Several natural analogues have been found to exhibit similarities with a waste repository and help to validate concepts and to increase our confidence that all major issues have been considered.

Sliding Mode Control Application to Amplitude Control of Comb-Actuated Resonant Microscanners

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mansour Abtahi ◽  
Gholamreza Vossoughi
Keyword(s):  
Sliding Mode Control ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Control Function ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Amplitude Control ◽  
Mode Control ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Control Application

MOEMS (Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical System) are MEMS in which the optical part plays a dominant role. The use of MOEMS as scanners and projectors has been studied lately. For high speed scanning applications, electrostatic comb drive actuation has several advantages. In this paper, we demonstrate the application of sliding mode control scheme for amplitude control of comb-actuated resonant microscanners. This method that leads to a simple and practical control function is simply extendable for microscanners with other type of actuation and even for any kind of oscillators that need amplitude control. The functionality and performance of the presented scheme is verified using numerical.

scholarly journals Performers, Composers, Scores and Editions: Commentary on Huisman, Gingras, Dhondt, and Leman (2017)

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Dorottya Fabian
Keyword(s):  
Western Music ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Music Notation ◽  
Performing Editions ◽  
Performance Errors ◽  
Historically Informed Performance ◽  
Compositional Styles ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Learning And Performance

Reflecting on a study that examines the impact of various editions on the speed of learning and performance errors, this short paper notes the crudeness of western music notation and how musicians cope with deciphering the composer's musical intentions. Drawing on parallels with practitioners who specialize in historically informed performance and tend to favor playing from manuscripts and facsimiles, I argue that although performing editions are useful, proper education regarding the meaning of notation practices and compositional styles might better serve musicians. This enables each generation to construct its own understanding of the music, and of the contradictory and insufficiently specified demands of the score.

scholarly journals Contested Visions: The Value of Systems Theory for Corporate Law

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Belinfanti ◽  
Lynn Stout
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Shareholder Value ◽  
Corporate Law ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Citizens United ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Many

Despite the dominant role corporations play in our economy, culture, and politics, the nature and purpose of corporations remains hotly contested. This conflict was brought to the fore in the recent Supreme Court opinions in Citizens United and Hobby Lobby. Although the prevailing narrative for the past quarter-century has been that corporations “belong” to shareholders and should pursue “shareholder value,” support for this approach, which has been justified as essential for managerial accountability, is eroding. It persists today primarily in the form of the argument that corporations should seek “long-term” shareholder value. Yet, as this Article shows, when shareholder value is interpreted to mean “long-term” shareholder value, it no longer offers the sought-after managerial accountability.What can? This Article argues that systems theory offers an answer. Systems theory is a well-developed design and performance measuring methodology routinely applied in fields such as engineering, biology, computer science, and environmental science. It provides an approach to understanding the nature and purpose of corporate entities that is not only consistent with elements of the many otherwise-conflicting visions of the corporation that have been developed, but also with important and otherwise difficult-to-explain features of corporate law and practice. It offers proven methods for measuring corporate performance that recognize the possibility of multiple goals and the importance of sustainability. And it cautions that, by ignoring the lessons of systems theory, shareholder value thinking may have encouraged regulatory and policy interventions into corporate governance that are not only ineffective, but destructive.

scholarly journals Relationship between Sustainable Disclosure and Performance—An Extension of Ullmann’s Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4411
Author(s):  
María Luisa Pajuelo Moreno ◽  
Teresa Duarte-Atoche
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Social Environmental

Due to the lack of consensus on the Sustainable Disclosure (SD)–Sustainable Performance (SP) relationship and the absence of a robust theoretical framework base, this research tests this relationship. Based on Ullmann’s argument that the execution of corporate responsibility regarding SD, SP and EP (economic performance) is determined by the management’s (unobservable) overall strategy, we apply Partial Least Squares, introducing EP, size and membership in sensitive sectors and subjecting them to a multiplicity of external pressures (social, environmental and legislative) as determinants of the SD–SP link. There is a moderate SD–SP relationship, with a significant effect due to EP and conditioned by size. Specifically, (1) the companies that are concerned and which act sustainably have a higher SD, (2) the greater the EP, the greater its effect on this SD, but (3) when the sample is segmented by size, the moderating effect is only positive and significant for large companies. An awareness of the added value of the sustainable business model exists, more than simply reporting (actions beyond words), but the value that its profitability yields will not be determinant for SP, though it will affect SD, despite there being no direct relationship between performance and SD.

Kontribusi Kepemimpinan dan Kompensasi dalam Meningkatkan Kinerja melalui Motivasi Kerja Karyawan

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Desianti Desianti ◽  
Rabihatun Idris ◽  
Muklis Kanto ◽  
Munandar Munandar
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
And Performance

Exploration of the antecedents of performance with the support of good leadership and compensation as well as the support of high work motivation is the purpose of this study. The quantitative paradigm is an approach in this study that seeks to explore the triggers for high performance, the population in this study is the entire employee at Pt Bank Sulselbar in Makassar as many as 256 people, the sampling technique uses a simple random sampling method with a total sample of 156 people. The analysis used in testing the hypothesis is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the help of WarpPLS Software version, 6.0. The results of this analysis show that there is a direct relationship between leadership constructs that have an influence on performance, compensation also has a direct influence on performance and motivation has a direct influence on performance variables, leadership directly has a direct relationship to performance and compensation also has a positive effect on motivation, Leadership indirectly affects performance through motivation as a mediator, motivation cannot mediate between the relationship between leadership and performance.

Strategies in managing risks in the adoption of business analytics practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amrita Gangotra ◽  
Ravi Shankar
Keyword(s):  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Customer Experience ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Business Analytics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate World ◽  
Telecom Service ◽  
Risk Mitigation Strategies ◽  
And Performance

Purpose – There are various risks that can derail the adoption of business analytics (BA) practice in a telecom service provider (TSP) thereby jeopardising the possibility to increase profitability and improved customer experience. The purpose of this paper is to analyse different associated risks using situation-actor-process, learnings-actions-performance (SAP-LAP) model and build mitigation strategies for the adoption. Also the risks are ranked using the interactive ranking process (IRP) methodology and the dominating matrix provides insight to the actions and actors that need attention to improve the processes and performance. Design/methodology/approach – A case study of a TSP (X1) was analysed through close interactions with experts within the company and externals involved in setting up the BA practice in X1. Using the SAP-LAP framework risks were identified and then the IRP was used to rank the actors w.r.t performance and actions w.r.t processes. Findings – X1 has taken initiatives for setting up the BA practice in order to improve the profitability and customer experience through data insights. The suggested conceptual SAP-LAP model helps to address risk mitigation strategies for its adoption and the IRP frameworks helps in understanding the prioritisation matrix (using the ranking) to be considered to mitigate the risks. Research limitations/implications – The IRP framework is limited to certain relationships between actors, w.r.t processes and actions w.r.t performance for the prioritisation matrix of identified risks. This has scope to be further expanded to other relationships and therefore refining the findings. Also this approach could be used to study other industries too. Practical implications – SAP-LAP model identifies the risks in adopting the BA practice in a TSP. The synthesis of SAP leads to LAP, which bridges the gap by suggesting improvement actions based on the learning from the present situation, actors and processes. IRP provides the prioritisation matrix for mitigating the risks by identifying the dominating factors. Originality/value – BA practice plays a dominant role in a TSP. An approach to study the risks of its adoption using the SAP-LAP and IRP framework bridges the gap between the academic and corporate world. This paper is very relevant to managers involved in setting up a BA practice. For the academic, use of research model validates the identification of risks that are recognised in the corporate world and prioritising the risks that need to be addressed.

Marching backwards into the future: the introduction of the English creative music movement in state secondary schools in Victoria, Australia

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Harry Burke
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Progressive Education ◽  
Music Notation ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Creative Music ◽  
And Performance

In 1910, Victoria established an elite form of state secondary education that remained essentially unchanged until the introduction of a progressive curriculum during the late 1960s. This radical and voluntary curriculum introduced child-centred learning and personal development skills to state secondary schools. Many state secondary music teachers took advantage of the reform and introduced the English creative music movement (Rainbow, 1989). As music teachers were unfamiliar with progressive education they would require extensive retraining. Continual disruption to state secondary education during the 1970s, together with the lack of expertise in progressive music education in the Victorian Education Department led to music teachers being given little assistance in developing strategies for teaching creative music. No rationale was developed for creative music education until the late 1980s. As research in music education was in its infancy in Australia during the late 1960s, teachers had little understanding of the difficulties faced by many creative music teachers in England in regard to students developing traditional skills, for example music notation and performance-based skills. Dissatisfaction with progressive education led to the introduction of standards-based education in 1995. Progressive educational theories were no longer considered an important goal. Similar to the late 1960s Victorian education reforms, music teachers received little assistance from the Victorian Education Department. The introduction of standards-based Arts education has seriously reduced the teaching of classroom music throughout the state, leaving many classroom music programmes in a perilous position that is analogous to state music education before the introduction of progressive education in the late 1960s.

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