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Music's "design features": Musical motivation, musical pulse, and musical pitch
(2009)
This paper focuses on the question of what music is, attempting to describe those features of music that generically distinguish it from other forms of animal and human communication - music's "design features". The ...
Stellar acoustics as input for music composition
(2005)
Background in acoustics. Variable stars show light variations due to internal acoustic waves. There are strong physical mathematical parallels between stellar behaviour and musical instruments: the basic principles ...
Learning and liking an artificial musical system: Effects of set size and repeated exposure
(2008)
We report an investigation of humans' musical learning ability using a novel musical system. We designed an artificial musical system based on the Bohlen-Pierce scale, a scale very different from Western music. Melodies ...
On the power of music to affect intergroup relations
(2009)
In three experiments we examined whether songs that are widely used in times of crisis (crisis songs, CS) could resume their unifying effect when they are played off-context. In the first experiment, two conflictual groups, ...
Seeing the sound: An exploration of the use of mental imagery by classical musicians
(2008)
Similarities exist between the performance of musicians and athletes; both must prepare to perform at their optimal level and both experience psychological reactions to performance. Sport psychologists have begun to ...
The effects of musical fit on choice between two competing foods
(2010)
Two experiments investigated the impact of musical "fit" on consumer choice. In Experiment 1, Malaysian participants of Malay, Indian, or Chinese ethnicity chose between Malay and Western food while either Malay or Western ...
Emotion perceived and emotion felt: Same and different
(2006)
The goal of the present study was to examine the relationships and differences between emotion perceived (i.e., the emotional quality expressed by music) and emotion felt (i.e., the individual's emotional response to ...
Effects of non-musical attributes and excerpt duration on ratings of high-level piano performances
(2009)
The purpose of this study was to determine if judgments of expert piano performances would be affected by excerpt duration, non-musical attributes of performer attractiveness, dress, and stage behavior, and by an ...
Nonverbal behaviours in popular music performance: A case study of The Corrs
(2005)
The aim of this study was to investigate performer nonverbal behaviour in popular music performance in order to understand the use and functions of gestures, postures, and facial expression. To this end, the study begins ...
Pertinence cognitive des unités sémiotiques temporelles
(2009)
Dans la lignée des travaux de Pierre Schaeffer, le laboratoire Musique et Informatique de Marseille (MIM) a mis en évidence des figures temporelles sonores dénommées Unités Sémiotiques Temporelles (UST) qui correspondent ...