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In a Silent Way: Communication Between AI and Improvising Musicians Beyond Sound [PDF]

International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2019
Collaboration is built on trust, and establishing trust with a creative Artificial Intelligence is difficult when the decision process or internal state driving its behaviour isn't exposed.
J. Mccormack, T. Gifford, P. Hutchings, M. T. Rodriguez, M. Yee-King, M. d'Inverno   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Brain structures differ between musicians and non-musician [PDF]

NeuroImage, 2001
From an early age, musicians learn complex motor and auditory skills (e.g., the translation of visually perceived musical symbols into motor commands with simultaneous auditory monitoring of output), which they practice extensively from childhood throughout their entire careers. Using a voxel-by-voxel morphometric technique, we found gray matter volume
Christian, Gaser, Gottfried, Schlaug
openaire   +2 more sources

Popular music, psychogeography, place identity and tourism: The case of Sheffield [PDF]

, 2014
Tourism and cultural agencies in some English provincial cities are promoting their popular music ‘heritage’ and, in some cases, contemporary musicians through the packaging of trails, sites, ‘iconic’ venues and festivals.
Anderson N., Antony R., Che D., Clegg R., Cocker J., Cohen S., Cohen S., Cohen S., Coverley M., Creative Sheffield, Debord G., Johansson O., Jones G., Krims A. P., Lilleker M., Long P. E., Lynch K., Reynolds S., Reynolds S., Sadler S., Self W., Sheffield First Partnership (SFP), Sheffield Publicity Department (SPD), Shepherd J., Sinclair I., Solnit R., Whiteley   +26 more
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Altered Sensory Feedbacks in Pianist's Dystonia: the altered auditory feedback paradigm and the glove effect

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013
Background: This study investigates the effect of altered auditory feedback (AAF) in musician's dystonia (MD) and discusses whether altered auditory feedback can be considered as a sensory trick in MD.
Felicia Pei-Hsin Cheng, Michael eGrossbach, Eckart eAltenmüller   +2 more
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Exploring the Impact of the Somatic Method ‘Timani’ on Performance Quality, Performance-Related Pain and Injury, and Self-Efficacy in Music Students in Norway: An Intervention Study

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
The importance of including performance-related body mechanics into music education to improve performance quality and prevent performance-related injuries has been stressed by many researchers recently.
Anna Détári, Tina Margareta Nilssen
doaj   +1 more source

The Musicality of Non-Musicians: An Index for Assessing Musical Sophistication in the General Population

PLoS ONE, 2014
Musical skills and expertise vary greatly in Western societies. Individuals can differ in their repertoire of musical behaviours as well as in the level of skill they display for any single musical behaviour.
Daniel Müllensiefen, B. Gingras, J. Musil, L. Stewart   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Investigating musical performance: Commonality and diversity amongst classical and non-classical musicians [PDF]

, 2008
The research project 'Investigating Musical Performance: Comparative Studies in Advanced Musical Learning' was devised to investigate how classical, popular, jazz and Scottish traditional musicians deepen and develop their learning about performance in ...
Creech, Andrea, de Bezenac, Christophe, Duffy, Celia, Haddon, Elizabeth, Himonides, Evangelos, Morton, Frances, Papageorgi, Ioulia, Potter, John, Welch, Graham, Whyton, Tony   +9 more
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Resilience and mental health issues in classical musicians: A preliminary study

Psychology of Music, 2020
Due to considerable occupational challenges and stressors, classical musicians might face increased risk for mental health issues, compared to the general population.
Jolan Kegelaers, M. Schuijer, R. Oudejans   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neural Advantages of Older Musicians Involve the Cerebellum: Implications for Healthy Aging Through Lifelong Musical Instrument Training

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022
This study compared 30 older musicians and 30 age-matched non-musicians to investigate the association between lifelong musical instrument training and age-related cognitive decline and brain atrophy (musicians: mean age 70.8 years, musical experience 52.
Masatoshi Yamashita, Chie Ohsawa, Maki Suzuki, Xia Guo, Xia Guo, Makiko Sadakata, Yuki Otsuka, Kohei Asano, Kohei Asano, Nobuhito Abe, Kaoru Sekiyama   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Musicians Show Improved Speech Segregation in Competitive, Multi-Talker Cocktail Party Scenarios

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Studies suggest that long-term music experience enhances the brain’s ability to segregate speech from noise. Musicians’ “speech-in-noise (SIN) benefit” is based largely on perception from simple figure-ground tasks rather than competitive, multi-talker ...
G. Bidelman, Jessica Yoo
semanticscholar   +1 more source