EEG Correlates of Middle Eastern Music Improvisations on the Ney Instrument

The cognitive sciences have witnessed a growing interest in cognitive and neural basis of human creativity. Music improvisations constitute an ideal paradigm to study creativity, but the underlying cognitive processes remain poorly understood. In addition, studies on music improvisations using scales other than the major and minor chords are scarce. Middle Eastern Music is characterized by the additional use of microtones, resulting in a tonal–spatial system called Maqam. No EEG correlates have been proposed yet for the eight most commonly used maqams. The Ney, an end-blown flute that is popular and widely used in the Middle East was used by a professional musician to perform 24 improvisations at low, medium, and high tempos. Using the EMOTIV EPOC+, a 14-channel wireless EEG headset, brainwaves were recorded and quantified before and during improvisations. Pairwise comparisons were calculated using IBM-SPSS and a principal component analysis was used to evaluate the variability between the maqams. A significant increase of low frequency bands theta power and alpha power were observed at the frontal left and temporal left area as well as a significant increase in higher frequency bands beta-high bands and gamma at the right temporal and left parietal area. This study reveals the first EEG observations of the eight most commonly used maqam and is proposing EEG signatures for various maqams.

SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOOK BY ABDURAUF FITRAT "UZBEK CL T "UZBEK CLASSICAL MUSIC AND I ASSICAL MUSIC AND ITS HISTORY"

Background. Makoms form the basis of the music of the peoples of the East. Therefore, a comprehensive study of the status is important in the history of our musical culture. Shashmakom consists of about two hundred and fifty melodies and songs and is a significant part of the musical heritage of the Uzbek-Tajik people. The article is dedicated to the essay of Abdurauf Fitrat entitled “Uzbek classical music and its history”, dedicated to the analysis and translation of classical eastern music and song tradition Shashmakom which consists of about two hundred and fifty melodies and songs, and is a significant part of the musical heritage of the Uzbek-Tajik people. The problem of Shashmakom is one of the least studied areas in the history of our musical culture, and the author gives his own interpretation of the solution to this issue.

The Effects of Ethnically Congruent Music on Eye Movements and Food Choice—A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Danish and Chinese Consumers

Musical fit refers to the congruence between music and attributes of a food or product in context, which can prime consumer behavior through semantic networks in memory. The vast majority of research on this topic dealing with musical fit in a cultural context has thus far been limited to monocultural groups in field studies, where uncontrolled confounds can potentially influence the study outcome. To overcome these limitations, and in order to explore the effects of ethnically congruent music on visual attention and food choice across cultures, the present study recruited 199 participants from China (n = 98) and Denmark (n = 101) for an in-laboratory food choice paradigm with eye-tracking data collection. For each culture group, the study used a between-subject design with half of the participants listening to only instrumental “Eastern” music and the other half only listening to instrumental “Western” music, while both groups engaged in a food choice task involving “Eastern” and “Western” food. Chi-square tests revealed a clear ethnic congruency effect between music and food choice across culture, whereby Eastern (vs. Western) food was chosen more during the Eastern music condition, and Western (vs. Eastern) food was chosen more in the Western music condition. Furthermore, results from a generalized linear mixed model suggested that Chinese participants fixated more on Western (vs. Eastern) food when Western music was played, whereas Danish participants fixated more on Eastern (vs. Western) food when Eastern music was played. Interestingly, no such priming effects were found when participants listened to music from their own culture, suggesting that music-evoked visual attention may be culturally dependent. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that ambient music can have a significant impact on consumers’ explicit and implicit behaviors, while at the same time highlighting the importance of culture-specific sensory marketing applications in the global food industry.

The Music of the Modern Greeks in Western and Eastern Music Literature, from the 9th to the 19th Centuries

This chapter concerns the interactions between Eastern and western music from the ninth to the 19th century. Through observations of western writers (such as Zarlino, Burney, Martini, Villoteau, Fétis) about the music of their contemporary Greeks, it is shown that most of the Eastern terms and concepts described in western treatises of the 9th century (when the East influenced the West) have been preserved almost unchanged in the Greek church over the centuries. By the end of the 18th century, westernisation of the East and the spread of nationalism brought great political and cultural changes to the population of Asia Minor. In Constantinople, music theory and the notation of the Greek chant were then rationalised (westernised). In the books of the reformer, Chrysanthos of Madytos, the strong influence of the French Enlightenment is most evident, side by side though with, still vivid, Eastern concepts and ideas.

Harilaos Piperakis (1888–1978)

HarilaosPiperakis was one of Crete's finest lyra players. As a young man he emigrated to the United States to begin a career as a performer, arranger, bandleader, and recording artist that lasted over seventy years. He recorded several songs dealing with American themes or chronicling the Greek immigrant experience in the country. Piperakis left behind a remarkable legacy whose importance in the history of Cretan, Greek, and Near Eastern music grows greater with each passing year

APROPRIASI GITAR DALAM KESENIAN REJUNG PADA MASYARAKAT SUKU BASHEMAH KABUPATEN KAUR PROVINSI BENGKULU

AbstrakPenelitian bertujuan untuk membahas peran gitar sebagai bentuk apropriasi dalam kesenian rejung pada masyarakat suku bashemah ,sekaligus bertujuan untuk menambah wawasan,mendeskripsikan dan mencari kebenaran tentang kesenian tersebut mengapa kesenian ini memakai iringan permainan gitar konvensional barat. Rejung adalah perpaduan antara sastralisan beserta iringan musik menggunakan petikan gitar. Irama-irama rejung sangatlah beragam dan khas.Sastralisan yangterkandung dalam rejung terletak pada tembang-tembangnya, berupa pantun nasehat, pesanmoral, sindiran, kisah seseorang, sebuah ungkapan perasaan antara muda-mudi dan ucapan-ucapan yang dirasakan dalam hati seperti merintih,meratapi nasib,dan menyesali hidup dengan menggunakan bahasa daerah. Gitar dalam kesenian rejung berfungsi sebagai melodi pokok sekaligus pengatur tempo. Dalam musik konvensional gitar difungsikan sebagai iringan musik modern atau musik barat. sementara berbeda halnya dengan kesenian rejung,secara musikal gitar tunduk sebagai alat musik tradisi di dalam kesenian rejung. Metodologi yang digunakan ialah metodologikualitatif dalam lingkup musik. Dengan adanya penelitian ini untuk menambah nilai historis sebuah kesenian daerah itu sendiri dan berharap menjadi suatu referensi literasi pengetahuan bagimasyarakat kabupaten kaurdan masyarakat umum. Dalam karya tulis ini disimpulkan bahwa musik rejung memiliki gaya khas musik timur dengan memakai instrumen musik barat dan memiliki ciri khas musik tradisional Indonesia. Kata Kunci : Rejung, Gitar Konvensional, Apropriasi. AbstractThe study aims to discuss the role of the guitar as a form of appropriation in the art of rejung to bashemah tribal people, as well as aiming to broaden insight, describe and seek truth about the art, why is this art using conventional Western guitar playing. Rejung is a combination of oral literature and musical accompaniment using guitar passages. The rhythm of the rejung is very diverse and distinctive. Oral literature contained in the rejung lies in the songs, in the form of rhymes of advice, moral messages, satire, the story of a person, an expression of feelings between young people and words that are felt in the heart such as moaning, lamenting fate, and regretting life by using local language. The guitar in the rejung art serves as the main melody as well as the tempo regulator. In conventional music the guitar is functioned as an accompaniment of modern music or western music. while in contrast to the rejung art, musical guitars are subject to traditional musical instruments in the art of rejung. The methodology used is a qualitative methodology in the scope of music. With the existence of this research to add the historical value of the regional art itself and hope to become a reference of knowledge literacy for the people of the district of Kaur and the general public. In this paper it was concluded that rejung music has a distinctive style of eastern music by using western music instruments and has the characteristics of traditional Indonesia music. Keywords: Rejung, conventional guitar, appropriation.