Objective To compare the cognitive effects of guqin (the oldest Chinese instrument) music and piano music. Methods Behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) data in a standard two-stimulus auditory oddball task...Objective To compare the cognitive effects of guqin (the oldest Chinese instrument) music and piano music. Methods Behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) data in a standard two-stimulus auditory oddball task were recorded and analyzed. Results This study replicated the previous results of culture-familiar music effect on Chinese subjects: the greater P300 amplitude in frontal areas in a culture-familiar music environment. At the same time, the difference between guqin music and piano music was observed in NI and later positive complex (LPC: including P300 and P500): a relatively higher participation of right anterior-temporal areas in Chinese subjects. Conclusion The results suggest that the special features of ERP responses to guqin music are the outcome of Chinese tonal language environments given the similarity between Guqin's tones and Mandarin lexical tones.展开更多
Purpose:To investigate the intervention effiects of using traditional Chinese Guqin music and Chinese Calligraphy handwriting(CCH)for patients with Primary Insomnia.Methods:A total of ninety patients were assigned to ...Purpose:To investigate the intervention effiects of using traditional Chinese Guqin music and Chinese Calligraphy handwriting(CCH)for patients with Primary Insomnia.Methods:A total of ninety patients were assigned to control group,Guqin group,and calligraphy group for 8 weeks.For 5 days a week,patients’heart rate variability(HRV)and frontal midline(FZ)electroencephalographic signals were recorded in a clinic during interventional period while either listening to Guqin music or writing calligraphy.Patients in the control group remained in rest condition.Results:For the Guqin group,the higher low-frequency-range HRV of coherence was found with marginal significance(P=0.055),and heart rate was significantly reduced(P<0.05)during Hie 4^th week in listening to Guqin music compared to the prerest period.For listening to Guqin music or calligraphy intervention,FZδ,FZθ,and FZα waves in the 8^th week compared to the 0^th week(Pre Intervention)showed a significantly enhanced effect(.P<0.05).Between the three groups,for heart rate and FZδ and FZθ waves,calligraphy group showed significantly increased heart rate than the Guqin group(P<0.001)and the control group(P=0.004);increased FZδ wave than die Guqin group(P<0.001)and the control group(P<0.001);and increased FZθ wave than the Guqin group(P=0.024)and the control group(P=0.008)respectively.Conclusion:Positive intervention effects on 11RV coherence of Guqin music;FZδ,FZθ,and FZα waves of Guqin music and calligraphy proved that Guqin music together with calligraphy training helping to promote physical and mental health,thereby it contributes to the clinical application of TCM Psychology for patients with insomnia syndrome.展开更多
Guqin music has been viewed as the symbol of Chinese music. Using artificial intelligence approaches to study Guqin music's composition will have an important theoretical and practical value. For the characteristi...Guqin music has been viewed as the symbol of Chinese music. Using artificial intelligence approaches to study Guqin music's composition will have an important theoretical and practical value. For the characteristics of Guqin tablature, a new model of lattice-gas automata with aggregation (LGAA) was constructed to generate melody, based on the theory of lattice-gas cellular automata (LGCA) and diffusion limited aggregation (DLA). Firstly, music segments were composed by the model of LGAA based on an emotional database. Then, based on the same pitch database, they were made smoother by a balance principle, which was followed by almost all Chinese traditional music. After that, composition music could be regarded as a knapsack problem, and the smooth music segments were seemed as the items. Therefore, the generation of the Guqin piece equaled the optimal solution to the knapsack problem. In the end, five musicians were invited to judge the results by two criteria and they all agreed that the automatic generated pieces of Guqin were success ful .展开更多
Guqin music is a precious cultural heritage of China. The notation of Guqin is very special, which records its playing methods and techniques. For the purpose of preserving the guqin art, the digitalization of guqin n...Guqin music is a precious cultural heritage of China. The notation of Guqin is very special, which records its playing methods and techniques. For the purpose of preserving the guqin art, the digitalization of guqin notation and an interpretation method of guqin notation were conducted. By using this interpretation method, raw images of handwritten notations are transformed into structural data that can be processed and analyzed by computers easily. The method decomposes each single complex character of guqin notations into simple radicals and finds the structure of the character. According to the radicals and the structure, the character is interpreted into meaningful codes. The experimental results show our method is effective.展开更多
IN earlier times,mastery of music,Chinese chess,calligraphy,and painting attested to a Chinese scholar's level of cultural accomplishment.Music came top of the list,and that played on the guqin,a zitherlike instrumen...IN earlier times,mastery of music,Chinese chess,calligraphy,and painting attested to a Chinese scholar's level of cultural accomplishment.Music came top of the list,and that played on the guqin,a zitherlike instrument,was prominent in the lives of literary ancients.展开更多
文摘Objective To compare the cognitive effects of guqin (the oldest Chinese instrument) music and piano music. Methods Behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) data in a standard two-stimulus auditory oddball task were recorded and analyzed. Results This study replicated the previous results of culture-familiar music effect on Chinese subjects: the greater P300 amplitude in frontal areas in a culture-familiar music environment. At the same time, the difference between guqin music and piano music was observed in NI and later positive complex (LPC: including P300 and P500): a relatively higher participation of right anterior-temporal areas in Chinese subjects. Conclusion The results suggest that the special features of ERP responses to guqin music are the outcome of Chinese tonal language environments given the similarity between Guqin's tones and Mandarin lexical tones.
文摘Purpose:To investigate the intervention effiects of using traditional Chinese Guqin music and Chinese Calligraphy handwriting(CCH)for patients with Primary Insomnia.Methods:A total of ninety patients were assigned to control group,Guqin group,and calligraphy group for 8 weeks.For 5 days a week,patients’heart rate variability(HRV)and frontal midline(FZ)electroencephalographic signals were recorded in a clinic during interventional period while either listening to Guqin music or writing calligraphy.Patients in the control group remained in rest condition.Results:For the Guqin group,the higher low-frequency-range HRV of coherence was found with marginal significance(P=0.055),and heart rate was significantly reduced(P<0.05)during Hie 4^th week in listening to Guqin music compared to the prerest period.For listening to Guqin music or calligraphy intervention,FZδ,FZθ,and FZα waves in the 8^th week compared to the 0^th week(Pre Intervention)showed a significantly enhanced effect(.P<0.05).Between the three groups,for heart rate and FZδ and FZθ waves,calligraphy group showed significantly increased heart rate than the Guqin group(P<0.001)and the control group(P=0.004);increased FZδ wave than die Guqin group(P<0.001)and the control group(P<0.001);and increased FZθ wave than the Guqin group(P=0.024)and the control group(P=0.008)respectively.Conclusion:Positive intervention effects on 11RV coherence of Guqin music;FZδ,FZθ,and FZα waves of Guqin music and calligraphy proved that Guqin music together with calligraphy training helping to promote physical and mental health,thereby it contributes to the clinical application of TCM Psychology for patients with insomnia syndrome.
基金National Natural Science Foundations of China (No.60975076,No.61075058)
文摘Guqin music has been viewed as the symbol of Chinese music. Using artificial intelligence approaches to study Guqin music's composition will have an important theoretical and practical value. For the characteristics of Guqin tablature, a new model of lattice-gas automata with aggregation (LGAA) was constructed to generate melody, based on the theory of lattice-gas cellular automata (LGCA) and diffusion limited aggregation (DLA). Firstly, music segments were composed by the model of LGAA based on an emotional database. Then, based on the same pitch database, they were made smoother by a balance principle, which was followed by almost all Chinese traditional music. After that, composition music could be regarded as a knapsack problem, and the smooth music segments were seemed as the items. Therefore, the generation of the Guqin piece equaled the optimal solution to the knapsack problem. In the end, five musicians were invited to judge the results by two criteria and they all agreed that the automatic generated pieces of Guqin were success ful .
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.6097507)
文摘Guqin music is a precious cultural heritage of China. The notation of Guqin is very special, which records its playing methods and techniques. For the purpose of preserving the guqin art, the digitalization of guqin notation and an interpretation method of guqin notation were conducted. By using this interpretation method, raw images of handwritten notations are transformed into structural data that can be processed and analyzed by computers easily. The method decomposes each single complex character of guqin notations into simple radicals and finds the structure of the character. According to the radicals and the structure, the character is interpreted into meaningful codes. The experimental results show our method is effective.
文摘IN earlier times,mastery of music,Chinese chess,calligraphy,and painting attested to a Chinese scholar's level of cultural accomplishment.Music came top of the list,and that played on the guqin,a zitherlike instrument,was prominent in the lives of literary ancients.