SysMus - International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology
SysMus, or the International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology, is a series of conferences for students by students. SysMus promotes systematic musicology as an interdisciplinary field by giving students who study music from computational, psychological, sociological and other non-traditional perspectives the opportunity to interact with each other and with successful professionals in the field.
Recent Submissions
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Abstract booklet : SysMus ‘24 8.6.-10.6. Jyväskylä, Finland
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Isomorphism of Pitch and Time
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)An ongoing debate regarding the perception of pitch and time is whether information on the two dimensions is processed independently or interactively. To study this, we tested whether listeners prefer sequences in which ... -
Paradigms in the compositional practice of Irish singer-songwriters
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)The singer-songwriter has emerged as a significant figure in contemporary Irish culture. Ireland’s monumental history in musical practice has cultivated some of the most internationally respected singersongwriters of ... -
Social effects of interpersonal synchronization during listening to music compared to a metronome: What can we learn from implicit measures?
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)Interpersonal coordination, such as simultaneous rhythmic movement, is a fundamental way to form socioemotional connections. The social and emotional power of music might further strengthen such interpersonal bonds. Here, ... -
How Important is the Reproduction Technique for the Perception of Spaciousness in Music?
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)Sound fields are preferred when spaciousness is perceived. “Spaciousness means that auditory events, in a characteristic way, are themselves perceived as being spread out in an extended region of space”. The author’s ... -
Effects of coaching on generalist primary music teachers´ classroom practice and their `musical self-concept´
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)The majority of music lessons in primary schools are covered by generalist primary music teachers, usually with little or no training in teaching it. This practice-based research project is part a PhD program to ... -
Musical Feedback: a new strategy in gait training for Parkinson’s Disease Patients
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)Rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) for gait training in Parkinson’s disease has been applied successfully over the last three decades. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of an extended concept ... -
Are We Really Hearing in Our Heads What We Think We’re Hearing? The Role of Audiation in Musical Improvisation
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)An important and valued part of the skill of musical improvisation is to be able to play what we hear in our head (audiation). Improvisation is a cognitively demanding activity, involving the production of musical material ... -
The 9th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus16), Jyväskylän yliopisto, June 8-10 2016 : abstracts
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Parai mēlam music in Jaffna Tamil culture, Sri Lanka: an ethnomusicological study
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)Parai mēlam (a double-headed cylindrical drum played with two sticks) music occupies a significant position in Jaffna Tamil culture, Sri Lanka. This is an area which is worthy of scrutiny with regard to its emergence, ... -
Investigating cognitive mechanisms of social interaction through musical joint action
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)Contagion, Empathy and Theory of Mind (ToM) are important social cognitive mechanisms that develop gradually in human ontogeny, enabling humans to interact with other human beings in a complex manner. However, the ... -
Verification and Validation of the Musical Self-Concept Inquiry (MUSCI) to Measure ’Musical Self-Concept’ of German Students at Secondary Education Schools
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)Musical development can be very differently during adolescence and the mechanisms and reasons, which lead to these differences, are often objects of music educational research. To measure the aspects of musical development ... -
Mapping the sound world of the flute: towards a new classification of standard and extended techniques
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)In the last decades, some literature has been published about extended techniques, and composers have made them part of the contemporary music language. However, the classification of extended techniques in these writings ... -
The 9th International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology (SysMus16), Jyväskylän yliopisto, June 8-10 2016 : programme, abstracts & proceedings
(Department of Music, University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Centre for Interdisciplinary Music Research, 2016)
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