scholarly journals Music Computer Technologies in Education as a Tool for Implementing the Polymodality of Musical Perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-40
Author(s):  
Irina B. Gorbunova ◽  
Konstantin Yu. Plotnikov
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Human Perception ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
Musical Perception ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Software And Hardware ◽  
Computer Keyboard ◽  
Artistic Image ◽  
Educational Field

The article reveals the psychological aspects of the perception of music and interaction with it when using music computer technologies, which are a software and hardware complex (musical computer, keyboard synthesizer, DJ console, smartphone with sound programs, etc.) in conjunction with the methodology of its application in creativity and in music training. Revealing the contradictions that are typical for the educational field “Art: Music”, the authors propose and use in their research an interdisciplinary approach (psychology, neurophysiology, pedagogy, computer science and Information & Communication Technology) in a holistic consideration of the phenomenon of music in connection with the phenomenon and processes of its perception, creation, and translation. The main problem is identified as the need to identify and take into account the psychophysiological factors that affect a person when interacting with music. The goal is to study the effect of convergence of the music computer technologies, manifested through the phenomenon of polymodality of perception of an artistic image is solved through the analysis of existing interpretations of polymodality, related connotations and classifications of synesthesia, using examples of technological and cultural manifestations of the polymodal nature of perception (syncretism of arts, associativity as a method of interpretation of an artistic image). Discussed insights on the future prospects of the study of polymodality of perception and representation of the artistic image of a musical work as one of the key features actualized in music computer technologies the effect of convergence and to explore the effect of virtualization, the use of potential of these technologies and multimodal nature of human perception for the holistic understanding of works of art.

Islamic Glass in the Making

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Schibille
Keyword(s):  
Glass Industry ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Islamic Period ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
History Of ◽  
Early Islamic Period ◽  
Early Islamic ◽  
Plant Ash ◽  
Islamic Glass

The ancient glass industry changed dramatically towards the end of the first millennium. The Roman glassmaking tradition of mineral soda glass was increasingly supplanted by the use of plant ash as the main fluxing agent at the turn of the ninth century CE. Defining primary production groups of plant ash glass has been a challenge due to the high variability of raw materials and the smaller scale of production. Islamic Glass in the Making advocates a large-scale archaeometric approach to the history of Islamic glassmaking to trace the developments in the production, trade and consumption of vitreous materials between the eighth and twelfth centuries and to separate the norm from the exception. It proposes compositional discriminants to distinguish regional production groups, and provides insights into the organisation of the glass industry and commerce during the early Islamic period. The interdisciplinary approach leads to a holistic understanding of the development of Islamic glass; assemblages from the early Islamic period in Mesopotamia, Central Asia, Egypt, Greater Syria and Iberia are evaluated, and placed in the larger geopolitical context. In doing so, this book fills a gap in the present literature and advances a large-scale approach to the history of Islamic glass.

scholarly journals Infectious diseases of animals and plants: an interdisciplinary approach

2011 ◽  
Vol 366 (1573) ◽  
pp. 1933-1942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katy Wilkinson ◽  
Wyn P. Grant ◽  
Laura E. Green ◽  
Stephen Hunter ◽  
Michael J. Jeger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Disease ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Rural Environment ◽  
Geographical Concentration ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
National Economies ◽  
The Impact

Animal and plant diseases pose a serious and continuing threat to food security, food safety, national economies, biodiversity and the rural environment. New challenges, including climate change, regulatory developments, changes in the geographical concentration and size of livestock holdings, and increasing trade make this an appropriate time to assess the state of knowledge about the impact that diseases have and the ways in which they are managed and controlled. In this paper, the case is explored for an interdisciplinary approach to studying the management of infectious animal and plant diseases. Reframing the key issues through incorporating both social and natural science research can provide a holistic understanding of disease and increase the policy relevance and impact of research. Finally, in setting out the papers in this Theme Issue, a picture of current and future animal and plant disease threats is presented.

scholarly journals Information and Computer Technologies as a Research Tool in the Works of Historians of Central Asia

2020 ◽  
pp. 102-106
Author(s):  
R.T. Elemanova
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Historical Science ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication

The article considers the possibilities of using information and computer technologies in historical research in Central Asia. Today, when there are discussions among Asian historians about a differentiated approach to the study of history and a desire to preserve the traditional directions of historical science that were laid down in the last century, there is an urgent need to use an interdisciplinary approach. The development of historical geoinformatics at the present stage can be identified that is continuously associated with the level of informatization of society, when information and communication technologies have become an integral part of everyday life, a change in the theory and methodology of historical science. Revolutionary changes in the theoretical development of an understanding of the essence of historical processes naturally led to a change in the methodology of history. The problem of information and computer technologies efficiency, in particular geoinformation, in scientific historical research, from a theoretical and methodological point of view is being posed and solved. Since the mid-1990s, the main emphasis has been shifted to the use of multimedia tools and methods and the use of global communications - the Internet. For the preservation, presentation of cultural heritage is an urgent task, the solution of which in a century of rapidly developing information and communication technologies is impossible without the use of new information technology.

scholarly journals Phenomenon of Spatial Representations in Music: Psychophysiological Aspects

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-156
Author(s):  
Svetlana Mozgot
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Perception ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Spatial Representations ◽  
Geometric Form ◽  
Thought Processes ◽  
Musical Perception ◽  
Music Methods ◽  
Statics And Dynamics ◽  
Melodic Line ◽  
The Impact

Summary: The article is devoted to exploration of the functions of visual thinking in the formation of spatial representations in human knowledge, which help to recognize the meanings of musical compositions. The purpose of this work is to study “visual” ways of spatial perception of musiсal works, in which eye-mindedness of the composer is implemented in specific operation by expressive means of music. Methods of hermeneutics, comparativistics, musicological analysis and interdisciplinary approach are used to realize this purpose. Principles of visual perception – simplicity and influence of geometric form on emotional properties of the object in music – are regarded as an example to show how they act. Principle of simplicity is evident in the organization of the form of “second plan” which unites multiple-part structures in music, tonal development, according to the type of “the highest order functions”. Influence of geometric form on emotional properties of the object in music is defined by the correlation of statics and dynamics in the development of a musical work; in semantics of geometrical figures “visualizing” in the graphic of melodic line or form of texture, which is supported by musical examples. We draw the conclusions that the existence of these principles in music helps to structure and store information about music in simple mental models, which are easy to recall. Interaction of means of musical expression gradually forms an in the consciousness of the listener, which contains certain spatial and visual characteristics, helping to recognize its real prototype, its artistic sense and meanings. Finally, the ontology of the category of space itself causes availability of a number of universal laws that ensure the convergence of different types of art in the act of artistic creativity and perception. It can be stated that the process of musical perception is dependent on the proceeding and results of different kinds of thinking, which are based on the already available knowledge about the reality and specifics of its reflection. Important components in perception are the nature of the organization of thought processes – attention, imagination, memory; the pace at which thought operations are performed – analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, concretization and abstraction, and a variety of other internal human properties and qualities. Understanding these patterns is possible not only based on the study of human psychophysiology, but also, on the contrary, through the study of the principles of the impact of art on man in an interdisciplinary aspect.

scholarly journals Music Computer Technologies in the System of Contemporary Musical Education: A Research in the Field of Terminology

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1366-1373
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Musical Education ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Hardware Complex ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
Software And Hardware ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Material Forming ◽  
International Interaction

Abstract. Music computer technologies is an independent section of modern information technology, the software and hardware complex of which allows performing operations with sound, creating and editing music material, forming and improving the music and educational process. The development of a methodology for mastering this toolkit, as well as the developing researchers’ international interaction, pose a problem for pedagogy to develop and use a unified terminological apparatus that most accurately and fully characterizes this phenomenon. The article proposed by the authors aims to identify opportunities for generalizing terminological developments that exist in this area in various research and pedagogical schools and traditions

scholarly journals ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНОКОМУНІКАЦІЙНИХ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ В ПРОЦЕСІ ПІДГОТОВКИ МАГІСТРІВ-ФІЛОЛОГІВ: ІНТЕЛЕКТУАЛЬНИЙ АСПЕКТ

2021 ◽  
pp. 238-243
Author(s):  
О. Г. Кіріленко ◽  
В. В. Рижкова
Keyword(s):  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
Teachers And Students

The ability to work with information computer technologies (ICT) has been determined to become a prerequisite for educational and professional activities of masters of Philology in the field of Applied Linguistics. The main problems the introduction of ICT in the educational process are revealed to be as follows: unpreparedness of teachers and students to use ICT lack of an interdisciplinary approach in the formation of the content of academic subjects

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ELEMENTS OF THE MUSICAL LANGUAGE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ANALOGS IN THE WORK OF THE PIANIST-PERFORMER

2021 ◽  
pp. 222-230
Author(s):  
Ekaterina A. Prikhodovskaya ◽  
◽  
Anna А. Okisheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Upward Movement ◽  
Musical Language ◽  
Constant Change ◽  
Structural Parts ◽  
Artistic Image ◽  
Colloquial Speech

The performing process is the creative process of reproducing musical material. The performer not only "deciphers" the meaning of the work laid down by the composer, but also creates new images in real time. In order to understand the composer's intention, the performer pianist should turn to the works of painting, literature, etc. The first place among related art forms that create a number of interdisciplinary analogues is rightfully given to literature: in literature, as well as in speech in general (colloquial speech, in this case, we consider as a material, "raw material" of literature), one of the leading expressive elements is intonation (remember the relevant research by B. Asafiev). Thanks to the synthesis of music, literature, painting, the performer assimilates an artistic image, which makes it possible to combine disparately fixed means of expression into a single emotional message. It is the integral emotional message that is the subject of the transfer of the artistic message from the addressee - the author of the music - to the addressee (listener). Therefore, on the part of the pianist called to convey this message, it is of great importance to pay attention to the components of this message, among which the most significant are: musical melody, as in the human language, consists of phrases and sentences. Some basic types of melody are distinguished: horizontal movement, upward movement, downward movement, wavy melody, melody with leaps. Harmony is an important element of the musical language. Along with painting, literature, music also cannot exist without a harmonic foundation. She gives variety and color, is responsible for the semantic and emotional load of the entire work. Rhythm is important. The existence of a piece of music is impossible without rhythm. We can find rhythm in literature in the form of proportionality of lines. It is impossible to imagine a piece of music without tempo. The tempo affects the character of the piece. If the tempo distorts the character of the music, then a mismatch of the musical image occurs. The tempo in speech can be different. It depends on the content of the statement. Dynamics play an important role in music. With its help, the form of the composition is built. Dynamics is able to divide the work into structural parts, as well as contribute to the development of thematic material. The dynamism of the plot is also found in literary works, where there is a constant change in the situation and states of the heroes. So, all the elements of the musical language are combined in the pianist's work. It should be noted the special role of interdisciplinary analogies: music does not exist by itself, analogs of many phenomena of musical speech can be seen both in colloquial speech and in its literary refraction. The presence of such analogs significantly expands the "field" of the pianist's creative activity from mono-timbral art to a complex interdisciplinary approach.

scholarly journals Exploring the “Dark Matter” of Social Interaction: Systematic Review of a Decade of Research in Spontaneous Interpersonal Coordination

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Ayache ◽  
Andy Connor ◽  
Stefan Marks ◽  
Daria J. Kuss ◽  
Darren Rhodes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Latent Dirichlet Allocation ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Dynamical Process ◽  
Interpersonal Coordination ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Holistic Understanding

Interpersonal coordination is a research topic that has attracted considerable attention this last decade both due to a theoretical shift from intra-individual to inter-individual processes and due to the development of new methods for recording and analyzing movements in ecological settings. Encompassing spatiotemporal behavioral matching, interpersonal coordination is considered as “social glue” due to its capacity to foster social bonding. However, the mechanisms underlying this effect are still unclear and recent findings suggest a complex picture. Goal-oriented joint action and spontaneous coordination are often conflated, making it difficult to disentangle the role of joint commitment from unconscious mutual attunement. Consequently, the goals of the present article are twofold: (1) to illustrate the rapid expansion of interpersonal coordination as a research topic and (2) to conduct a systematic review of spontaneous interpersonal coordination, summarizing its latest developments and current challenges this last decade. By applying Rapid Automatic Keyword Extraction and Latent Dirichlet Allocation algorithms, keywords were extracted from PubMed and Scopus databases revealing the large diversity of research topics associated with spontaneous interpersonal coordination. Using the same databases and the keywords “behavioral matching,” “interactional synchrony,” and “interpersonal coordination,” 1,213 articles were identified, extracted, and screened following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses protocol. A total of 19 articles were selected using the following inclusion criteria: (1) dynamic and spontaneous interactions between two unacquainted individuals (2) kinematic analyses, and (3) non-clinical and non-expert adult populations. The results of this systematic review stress the proliferation of various definitions and experimental paradigms that study perceptual and/or social influences on the emergence of spontaneous interpersonal coordination. As methods and indices used to quantify interpersonal coordination differ from one study to another, it becomes difficult to establish a coherent picture. This review highlights the need to reconsider interpersonal coordination not as the pinnacle of social interactions but as a complex dynamical process that requires cautious interpretation. An interdisciplinary approach is necessary for building bridges across scattered research fields through opening a dialogue between different theoretical frameworks and consequently provides a more ecological and holistic understanding of human social cognition.

scholarly journals THE THREE KEYS TO A MUSICAL TREASURE

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-182
Keyword(s):  
Classical Music ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Music Listening ◽  
Music Culture ◽  
Musical Activity ◽  
Musical Perception ◽  
Musical Taste ◽  
Musical Heritage

The role of music in the upbringing of a harmoniously developed generation is invaluable. Unlike other forms of art, music is a miraculous tool capable of activating a person’s most delicate feelings, emotions, and rich emotional reserves in a person. This article presents the pedagogical aspects of the formation of personality in the lessons of music culture, suggestions on the use of national melodies, the opportunities of our musical heritage, and suggestions on the use of Uzbek classical music in the development of artistic taste of future music teachers. The three aspects of musical activity, namely the ability to listen to music, musical taste, and musical sensitivity, are analyzed as factors that determine the extent to which a music listener or performer’s overall artistic taste has developed. Keywords: music, sound, aesthetic education, piece of music, listening to music, musical taste, musical perception, rhythm, timbre, artistic taste.

scholarly journals Before, Between, and After: Enriching Robot Communication Surrounding Collaborative Creative Activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Savery ◽  
Lisa Zahray ◽  
Gil Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Human Perception ◽  
Art Music ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Music And Language ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Rapid Generation ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Musical Interaction ◽  
User Ratings ◽  
Core Functionality

Research in creative robotics continues to expand across all creative domains, including art, music and language. Creative robots are primarily designed to be task specific, with limited research into the implications of their design outside their core task. In the case of a musical robot, this includes when a human sees and interacts with the robot before and after the performance, as well as in between pieces. These non-musical interaction tasks such as the presence of a robot during musical equipment set up, play a key role in the human perception of the robot however have received only limited attention. In this paper, we describe a new audio system using emotional musical prosody, designed to match the creative process of a musical robot for use before, between and after musical performances. Our generation system relies on the creation of a custom dataset for musical prosody. This system is designed foremost to operate in real time and allow rapid generation and dialogue exchange between human and robot. For this reason, the system combines symbolic deep learning through a Conditional Convolution Variational Auto-encoder, with an emotion-tagged audio sampler. We then compare this to a SOTA text-to-speech system in our robotic platform, Shimon the marimba player.We conducted a between-groups study with 100 participants watching a musician interact for 30 s with Shimon. We were able to increase user ratings for the key creativity metrics; novelty and coherence, while maintaining ratings for expressivity across each implementation. Our results also indicated that by communicating in a form that relates to the robot’s core functionality, we can raise likeability and perceived intelligence, while not altering animacy or anthropomorphism. These findings indicate the variation that can occur in the perception of a robot based on interactions surrounding a performance, such as initial meetings and spaces between pieces, in addition to the core creative algorithms.

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