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The Billboard Melodic Music Dataset (BiMMuDa)

Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval
We introduce the Billboard Melodic Music Dataset (BiMMuDa), which contains the lead vocal melodies of the top five songs of each year from 1950 to 2022 according to the Billboard year-end singles charts. In this article, the dataset’s compilation process
Madeline Hamilton, Ana Clemente, Edward Hall, Marcus Pearce   +3 more
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Trajectories and revolutions in popular melody based on U.S. charts from 1950 to 2023

Scientific Reports
In the past century, the history of popular music has been analyzed from many different perspectives, with sociologists, musicologists and philosophers all offering distinct narratives characterizing the evolution of popular music.
Madeline Hamilton, Marcus Pearce
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How Familiarity, Musical Affinity, and ADHD Shape Adolescents’ Perception of Musical Emotions

Behavioral Sciences
Music serves as a powerful tool for emotion regulation, particularly in adolescents, who experience emotional challenges. Understanding the determinants shaping their perception of musical emotions may help optimize music-based interventions, especially ...
Adam Robaczewski, Erika Harkins, Pénélope Pelland-Goulet, Nathalie Gosselin   +3 more
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Grounding Creativity in Music Perception? A Multidisciplinary Conceptual Analysis

Music & Science, 2022
To what extent can we understand and account for music perception as a creative process? In this paper we draw on recent work in music, creativity, and the cognitive humanities to suggest that the fundamentally creative aspect of music perception is not ...
Andrea Schiavio, Nikki Moran, Mihailo Antović, Dylan van der Schyff   +3 more
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Musical training, neuroplasticity and cognition [PDF]

Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2010
Abstract The influence of music on the human brain has been recently investigated in numerous studies. Several investigations have shown that structural and functional cerebral neuroplastic processes emerge as a result of long-term musical training, which in turn may produce cognitive differences between musicians and non-musicians.
Rodrigues, Ana Carolina, Loureiro, Maurício Alves, Caramelli, Paulo   +2 more
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Flow and performance: a quantitative study of elicitation modeling in a piano performance perspective

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionFlow, defined as a heightened state of consciousness characterized by intense concentration during an activity, is influenced primarily by the perceived challenge and the dynamic equilibrium of skills.
Junrui Li, Ying Xu, Xiaoyu Wang, Xinran Yuan, Shilin Liu, Meihui Li, Xiubo Ren, Dan Yang, Siqi Liu, Zhenxu Jiang, Qiaoqiao Gou, Miaomiao Yang, Qiujian Xu, Qiujian Xu   +13 more
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The influence of body movements on children's perception of music with an ambiguous expressive character. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The theory of embodied music cognition states that the perception and cognition of music is firmly, although not exclusively, linked to action patterns associated with that music. In this regard, the focus lies mostly on how music promotes certain action
Pieter-Jan Maes, Marc Leman
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The Acoustic Properties of Affective Timbres: Consistencies and Discrepancies in a Synthesis of Multiple Datasets

Music & Science
In the investigation of musical features that influence musical affect, timbre has received relatively little attention. Investigating affective timbres as they vary between instrument families can lead to inconsistent results, because one instrument ...
Iza Ray Korsmit, Marcel Montrey, Alix Yok Tin Wong-Min, Stephen McAdams   +3 more
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Effect of Satvavajaya chikitsa with special reference to Carnatic classical music on cognitive functions and awareness in children: A nonpharmacological intervention study

International Journal of Ayurveda Research, 2023
Introduction: Satvavajaya (~subjugation of mind) is restraining the mind from engaging it in unwholesome objects. Mana (~mind) is responsible for Indriyabhigraha (~controlling the senses) and Swasyanigraha (~self-control).
L. Shravani, Champa Pant
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Music Cognition: A Developmental Perspective [PDF]

Topics in Cognitive Science, 2012
AbstractAlthough music is universal, there is a great deal of cultural variability in music structures. Nevertheless, some aspects of music processing generalize across cultures, whereas others rely heavily on the listening environment. Here, we discuss the development of musical knowledge, focusing on four themes: (a) capabilities that are present ...
Stephanie M, Stalinski, E Glenn, Schellenberg   +1 more
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