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Comparison of rhythm in musical scores and performances as measured with the Pairwise Variability Index
(2010)
This paper tests two hypotheses: (1) the normalized Pairwise Variability Index (nPVI) values computed on the basis of recorded performances may be higher than the nPVI values computed for the same works as musical scores, ...
Computer-based composition in the Primary School: An investigation of children's "creative" responses using the CD Rom Dance eJay
(2007)
The aim of this study was to investigate computer-based music composition using the CD Rom Dance eJay. The research questions addressed the extent to which participants adopted different strategies during the composition ...
Constructions of jazz: how jazz musicians present their collaborative musical practice
(2006)
The collaborative processes of jazz improvising are of considerable academic interest as a unique form of creativity. While recent work highlights the utility of interviewing practitioners with the aim of gaining an ...
Contagious heterophony: A new theory about the origins of music
(2007)
Two of the most salient features of music are the blending of pitch and the matching of time. I propose here a possible evolutionary precursor of human music based on a process I call "contagious heterophony". Heterophony ...
Court decisions on music plagiarism and the predictive value of similarity algorithms
(2009)
Tune plagiarism in pop music is a common and often feverishly debated phenomenon which surely has to do with the vast amounts of money that individual melodies are able to generate in today s pop music business. The ...
Creativity in performance
(2005)
This paper examines different ways in which the notion of creativity has been used in relation to performance, and discusses psychological research on the topic. A considerable amount of this research is concerned with ...
Der Singstreit in humanethologischer Perspektive
(2008)
Traditionen gesungener Wortgefechte sind von zahlreichen voneinander unabhängigen Kulturen in der ganzen Welt bekannt. Ethnographische Quellen über mehr als 20Singstreit-Traditionen, unter anderem auch moderne subkulturelle ...
Did Neanderthals and other early humans sing? Seeking the biological roots of music in the territorial advertisements of primates, lions, hyenas, and wolves
(2009)
Group defence of territories is found in many gregarious mammalian carnivores, including lions, canids, and hyenas. In these taxa, group members often mark territory boundaries and direct aggressive behaviour towards ...
Editorial
(2009)
Editorial
(2007)
The concept of similarity is central to perception. It underlies processes such as object recognition, comparison, memory retrieval, classification, problem solving, and inductive reasoning, which are crucial to much of ...