The long-term memory for musical keys of familiar melodies was investigated. An experiment was conducted focusing on memory strength, music familiarity, and key transposition using musical pieces. Participants were ei...The long-term memory for musical keys of familiar melodies was investigated. An experiment was conducted focusing on memory strength, music familiarity, and key transposition using musical pieces. Participants were eighty-one Japanese undergraduate and graduate students. Eight were absolute pitch （AP） possessors and seventy-three were non-AP possessors. Two pieces of well-known classical music were selected as stimuli. These pieces were played in seven different keys： One was an original key and the other six were transposed keys in which the linear distance and harmonic distance were varied. Participants rated their strength of long-term memory for a particular segment of well-known music by comparing it with their memory of this piece. Importantly they were not required to identify the musical key of the melody. Results indicated that the strength of memory for these musical segments depended mainly on the pitch range associated with the transposed piece and partially on its key. We discussed participants＇ memory of melodies in the light of linear distance between original and transposed keys, harmonic distance between these factors, and the possibility of absolute tonality.展开更多
This article describes the development of an application for generating tonal melodies. The goal of the project is to ascertain our current understanding of tonal music by means of algorithmic music generation. The me...This article describes the development of an application for generating tonal melodies. The goal of the project is to ascertain our current understanding of tonal music by means of algorithmic music generation. The method followed consists of four stages: 1) selection of music-theoretical insights, 2) translation of these insights into a set of principles, 3) conversion of the principles into a computational model having the form of an algorithm for music generation, 4) testing the “music” generated by the algorithm to evaluate the adequacy of the model. As an example, the method is implemented in Melody Generator, an algorithm for generating tonal melodies. The program has a structure suited for generating, displaying, playing and storing melodies, functions which are all accessible via a dedicated interface. The actual generation of melodies, is based in part on constraints imposed by the tonal context, i.e. by meter and key, the settings of which are controlled by means of parameters on the interface. For another part, it is based upon a set of construction principles including the notion of a hierarchical organization, and the idea that melodies consist of a skeleton that may be elaborated in various ways. After these aspects were implemented as specific sub-algorithms, the device produces simple but well-structured tonal melodies.展开更多
Eco-translatology is an original translation theory proposed by Hu Gengshen,a Chinese scholar.Su Shi’s masterpiecePrelude to Water Melody is a famous Chinese classic poetry.From the perspective of eco-translatology,t...Eco-translatology is an original translation theory proposed by Hu Gengshen,a Chinese scholar.Su Shi’s masterpiecePrelude to Water Melody is a famous Chinese classic poetry.From the perspective of eco-translatology,the study tries to make acomparative analysis of two English versions of Prelude to Water Melody,based on some core concepts including environment oftranslation,central position of translator and three-dimensional transformation.Through comparative analysis,the study finds thatthe eco-env’ironment of two versions has different impacts on them,but both reflect the central position of translator well.And XuYuanchongs translation is easier for readers to accept in terms of linguistic and cultural dimensions,while Burton Watson’s translation can better reflect communicative intention.It is hoped that the study will shed some new light on the research of translationof Chinese classic poetry and more scholars will pay attention to eco-translatology.展开更多
Frederic Francois Chopin,was one of the creative composers in the period of romanticism.The dissertation starts with three aspects,which are the composition background,the form and structure and the performing techniq...Frederic Francois Chopin,was one of the creative composers in the period of romanticism.The dissertation starts with three aspects,which are the composition background,the form and structure and the performing techniques,analyses on the "Waltz in C sharp minor"(Op.64-2) of Chopin,with the intentions of grasping the emotion and meaning in music more precisely and interpreting the composition more perfectly in the future performance.展开更多
Objective: Most of the western music consists of a melody and an accompaniment. The melody is referred to as the foreground, with the accompaniment the background. In visual processing, the lateral occipital complex (...Objective: Most of the western music consists of a melody and an accompaniment. The melody is referred to as the foreground, with the accompaniment the background. In visual processing, the lateral occipital complex (LOC) is known to participate in foreground and background segregation. We investigated the role of LOC in music processing with use of positron emission tomography (PET). Method: Musically na?ve subjects listened to unfamiliar novel melodies with (accompaniment condition) and without the accompaniment (melodic condition). Using a PET subtraction technique, we studied changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) during the accompaniment condition compared to the melodic condition. Results: The accompanyment condition was associated with bilateral increase of rCBF at the lateral and medial surfaces of both occipital lobes, medial parts of fusiform gyri, cingulate gyri, precentral gyri, insular cortices, and cerebellum. During the melodic condition, the activation at the anterior and posterior portions of the temporal lobes, medial surface of the frontal lobes, inferior frontal gyri, orbitofrontal cortices, inferior parietal lobules, and cerebellum was observed. Conclusions: The LOC participates in recognition of melody with accompaniment, a phenomenon that can be regarded as foreground and background segregation in auditory processing. The fusiform cortex which was known to participate in the color recognition might be activated by the recognition of flourish sounds by the accompaniment, compared to melodic condition. It is supposed that the LOC and fusiform cortex play similar functions beyond the difference of sensory modalities.展开更多
Language, literature, customs and traditions, music and art are cultural items that were transmitted from generation to generation throughout history. In this context, literature is an important source of music cultur...Language, literature, customs and traditions, music and art are cultural items that were transmitted from generation to generation throughout history. In this context, literature is an important source of music culture that takes inspiration from the customs and traditions of a society. Prosodic meter is echoed in form, usul and general structure in works composed from the divan literature and almost lives in the work. In the same way, when examples of folk literature composed by composers and performed by poets and a^lks are examined, it is observed that there are parallels between literary features and form, structure and rhythmic features. The aim of this paper is to reveal the integral link between Melody-Usul and Meter in Ottoman Turkish Music展开更多
Folk songs as an important part of traditional culture in Shandong, is very important spiritual wealth. In this paper, from terms of development history, classification, local language, melody type, etc. we analyze th...Folk songs as an important part of traditional culture in Shandong, is very important spiritual wealth. In this paper, from terms of development history, classification, local language, melody type, etc. we analyze the artistic characteristics of folk music in northern Shandong.展开更多
In this paper, we conduct research on the novel pattern of soft music creation based on high-pitched melody element and aesthetic point of view. Music is the music creation, music is a kind of creation and it is not a...In this paper, we conduct research on the novel pattern of soft music creation based on high-pitched melody element and aesthetic point of view. Music is the music creation, music is a kind of creation and it is not a simple thing, because music is an expression of human thoughts and feelings which reflect the social life of an art. Music creation and other artistic creation need perceptual and rational psychological elements such as the creation principle of participation. This involves the music creation that the relationship between the perceptual thinking and rational thinking. Our research proposed the novel paradigm of art creation which will obtain significant meaning.展开更多
In the teaching of the folk songs in Shanxi, the effective ＂permeation＂ has an important significance to the appreciation of the beauty behind the folk songs and the explanation and revelation of the cultural factor...In the teaching of the folk songs in Shanxi, the effective ＂permeation＂ has an important significance to the appreciation of the beauty behind the folk songs and the explanation and revelation of the cultural factors, the teaching effect of the folk songs in the local universities in Shanxi and the inheritance and development of the actual results of the folk songs in Shauxi. In this paper, combined with the teaching practice, the author intends to explore the necessity of the appreciation of the beauty and the permeation of the cultural factors in the teaching of the folk songs in Shanxi and the related pitching-in angle and the operational approaches.展开更多
One Chinese man’s decades-long passion for music and Africa by Liu Wei LIVING in the eastern port city of Tianjin,China,76-year-old Zhang Xiang is a history professor at Nankai University.Although officially retired ...One Chinese man’s decades-long passion for music and Africa by Liu Wei LIVING in the eastern port city of Tianjin,China,76-year-old Zhang Xiang is a history professor at Nankai University.Although officially retired for many years,he has never really stopped working. He spends his days attending Africa-related activities,shuttling between locations like Beijing,Tianjin and Hubei Province. He is also obsessed with music,writing songs that blend Chinese and African elements."I want to extend our two peoples’ friendship展开更多
文摘The long-term memory for musical keys of familiar melodies was investigated. An experiment was conducted focusing on memory strength, music familiarity, and key transposition using musical pieces. Participants were eighty-one Japanese undergraduate and graduate students. Eight were absolute pitch （AP） possessors and seventy-three were non-AP possessors. Two pieces of well-known classical music were selected as stimuli. These pieces were played in seven different keys： One was an original key and the other six were transposed keys in which the linear distance and harmonic distance were varied. Participants rated their strength of long-term memory for a particular segment of well-known music by comparing it with their memory of this piece. Importantly they were not required to identify the musical key of the melody. Results indicated that the strength of memory for these musical segments depended mainly on the pitch range associated with the transposed piece and partially on its key. We discussed participants＇ memory of melodies in the light of linear distance between original and transposed keys, harmonic distance between these factors, and the possibility of absolute tonality.
文摘This article describes the development of an application for generating tonal melodies. The goal of the project is to ascertain our current understanding of tonal music by means of algorithmic music generation. The method followed consists of four stages: 1) selection of music-theoretical insights, 2) translation of these insights into a set of principles, 3) conversion of the principles into a computational model having the form of an algorithm for music generation, 4) testing the “music” generated by the algorithm to evaluate the adequacy of the model. As an example, the method is implemented in Melody Generator, an algorithm for generating tonal melodies. The program has a structure suited for generating, displaying, playing and storing melodies, functions which are all accessible via a dedicated interface. The actual generation of melodies, is based in part on constraints imposed by the tonal context, i.e. by meter and key, the settings of which are controlled by means of parameters on the interface. For another part, it is based upon a set of construction principles including the notion of a hierarchical organization, and the idea that melodies consist of a skeleton that may be elaborated in various ways. After these aspects were implemented as specific sub-algorithms, the device produces simple but well-structured tonal melodies.
文摘Eco-translatology is an original translation theory proposed by Hu Gengshen,a Chinese scholar.Su Shi’s masterpiecePrelude to Water Melody is a famous Chinese classic poetry.From the perspective of eco-translatology,the study tries to make acomparative analysis of two English versions of Prelude to Water Melody,based on some core concepts including environment oftranslation,central position of translator and three-dimensional transformation.Through comparative analysis,the study finds thatthe eco-env’ironment of two versions has different impacts on them,but both reflect the central position of translator well.And XuYuanchongs translation is easier for readers to accept in terms of linguistic and cultural dimensions,while Burton Watson’s translation can better reflect communicative intention.It is hoped that the study will shed some new light on the research of translationof Chinese classic poetry and more scholars will pay attention to eco-translatology.
文摘Frederic Francois Chopin,was one of the creative composers in the period of romanticism.The dissertation starts with three aspects,which are the composition background,the form and structure and the performing techniques,analyses on the "Waltz in C sharp minor"(Op.64-2) of Chopin,with the intentions of grasping the emotion and meaning in music more precisely and interpreting the composition more perfectly in the future performance.
文摘Objective: Most of the western music consists of a melody and an accompaniment. The melody is referred to as the foreground, with the accompaniment the background. In visual processing, the lateral occipital complex (LOC) is known to participate in foreground and background segregation. We investigated the role of LOC in music processing with use of positron emission tomography (PET). Method: Musically na?ve subjects listened to unfamiliar novel melodies with (accompaniment condition) and without the accompaniment (melodic condition). Using a PET subtraction technique, we studied changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) during the accompaniment condition compared to the melodic condition. Results: The accompanyment condition was associated with bilateral increase of rCBF at the lateral and medial surfaces of both occipital lobes, medial parts of fusiform gyri, cingulate gyri, precentral gyri, insular cortices, and cerebellum. During the melodic condition, the activation at the anterior and posterior portions of the temporal lobes, medial surface of the frontal lobes, inferior frontal gyri, orbitofrontal cortices, inferior parietal lobules, and cerebellum was observed. Conclusions: The LOC participates in recognition of melody with accompaniment, a phenomenon that can be regarded as foreground and background segregation in auditory processing. The fusiform cortex which was known to participate in the color recognition might be activated by the recognition of flourish sounds by the accompaniment, compared to melodic condition. It is supposed that the LOC and fusiform cortex play similar functions beyond the difference of sensory modalities.
文摘Language, literature, customs and traditions, music and art are cultural items that were transmitted from generation to generation throughout history. In this context, literature is an important source of music culture that takes inspiration from the customs and traditions of a society. Prosodic meter is echoed in form, usul and general structure in works composed from the divan literature and almost lives in the work. In the same way, when examples of folk literature composed by composers and performed by poets and a^lks are examined, it is observed that there are parallels between literary features and form, structure and rhythmic features. The aim of this paper is to reveal the integral link between Melody-Usul and Meter in Ottoman Turkish Music
文摘Folk songs as an important part of traditional culture in Shandong, is very important spiritual wealth. In this paper, from terms of development history, classification, local language, melody type, etc. we analyze the artistic characteristics of folk music in northern Shandong.
文摘In this paper, we conduct research on the novel pattern of soft music creation based on high-pitched melody element and aesthetic point of view. Music is the music creation, music is a kind of creation and it is not a simple thing, because music is an expression of human thoughts and feelings which reflect the social life of an art. Music creation and other artistic creation need perceptual and rational psychological elements such as the creation principle of participation. This involves the music creation that the relationship between the perceptual thinking and rational thinking. Our research proposed the novel paradigm of art creation which will obtain significant meaning.
文摘In the teaching of the folk songs in Shanxi, the effective ＂permeation＂ has an important significance to the appreciation of the beauty behind the folk songs and the explanation and revelation of the cultural factors, the teaching effect of the folk songs in the local universities in Shanxi and the inheritance and development of the actual results of the folk songs in Shauxi. In this paper, combined with the teaching practice, the author intends to explore the necessity of the appreciation of the beauty and the permeation of the cultural factors in the teaching of the folk songs in Shanxi and the related pitching-in angle and the operational approaches.
文摘One Chinese man’s decades-long passion for music and Africa by Liu Wei LIVING in the eastern port city of Tianjin,China,76-year-old Zhang Xiang is a history professor at Nankai University.Although officially retired for many years,he has never really stopped working. He spends his days attending Africa-related activities,shuttling between locations like Beijing,Tianjin and Hubei Province. He is also obsessed with music,writing songs that blend Chinese and African elements."I want to extend our two peoples’ friendship
