Playing a musical instrument and the risk of dementia among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies [PDF]
BMC Neurology, 2022 Background Engaging in leisure activities was suggested to protect older adults from dementia. However, the association between playing a musical instrument and the risk of dementia is not well-established.
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Piano Education of Children Using Musical Instrument Recognition and Deep Learning Technologies Under the Educational Psychology [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The objective of the study was to enhance quality education in the traditional pre-school piano education. Deep Learning (DL) technology is applied to piano education of children to improve their interest in learning music.
Huizi Li
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Musical Instrument Identification Using Deep Learning Approach [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 The work aims to propose a novel approach for automatically identifying all instruments present in an audio excerpt using sets of individual convolutional neural networks (CNNs) per tested instrument.
Maciej Blaszke, Bożena Kostek
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Case Report: Accessible Digital Musical Instrument Can Be Used for Active Music Therapy in a Person With Severe Dementia and Worsening Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms: A Case Study Over a Year and a Half [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 Despite the fact that accessible digital musical instruments can take into account the level of cognitive demands, previous studies have been conducted with patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and it is not known whether they can be used by ...
Eisuke Kondo +4 more
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ICKAN: A deep musical instrument classification model incorporating Kolmogorov-Arnold network [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMusical instrument classification, as a fundamental task in music information retrieval (MIR), has broad applications in music analysis, education, and content management.
Jiaxiang Zheng, Moxi Cao, Chongbin Zhang
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 IntroductionDuring the pandemic, many creative aging programs stopped being delivered in person, and practitioners turned to various virtual platforms to deliver content for older adults to maintain their cognitive, physical, and psychosocial well-being.
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IEEE Access, 2022 The key parameters musicians consider when they evaluate the quality of a musical instrument are its tuning (reproducing a musical scale), sound quality, and ergonomics.
Spyros Polychronopoulos +3 more
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Gandang Tambua Pariaman From Triplek Material an Organological Study Based on Coding
Mudra: Jurnal Seni Budaya, 2023 The process of making the Gandang Tamba traditional musical instrument in Padang Pariaman Regency. This study aims to describe the process of making the Gandang Tamba musical instrument.
Wimbrayardi Wimbrayardi +3 more
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From the Body with the Body: Performing with a Genome-Based Musical Instrument [PDF]
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies, 2020 INTRODUCTION: In this paper we present Silico, a new Digital Musical Instrument which ideally represents theperformer itself. This instrument is composed by two parts: an interface (a sensor glove), which relies on the movementsof the performer’s hand ...
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Regular musical activity as a complex multimodal lifestyle activity is proposed to be protective against age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease.
Adriana Böttcher +68 more
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