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Student musicians' self- and task-theories of musical performance : the influence of primary genre affiliation [PDF]
165 undergraduate music students studying in Scotland completed a 30-statement Q-sort to describe their self and task-theories of musical performance. Statements reflected the importance of effort, confidence, technical ability, significant others and ...
Hewitt, Allan
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Gender and the performance of music [PDF]
This study evaluates propositions that have appeared in the literature that music phenomena are gendered. Were they present in the musical "message," gendered qualities might be imparted at any of three stages of the music-communication interchange: the process of composition, its realization into sound by the performer, or imposed by the listener in ...
Sergeant, DC, Himonides, E
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Interdisciplinary perspectives on musical performance: Historical and recent research [PDF]
Investigating Musical Performance considers the wide range of perspectives on musical performance made tangible by the cross-disciplinary studies of the last decades and encourages a comparison and revision of theoretical and analytical paradigms.
Lutzu marco, cecchi alessandro
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The ability to perform music is widespread in the gen-eral population (e.g. singing), but few individuals develop a high level of musical proficiency. Skilled mu-sicianship typically requires decades of regular prac-tice, estimated at 10,000 hours (Ericsson, Krampe, & Tesch-Römer, 1996; Howe, Davidson, & Sloboda, 1998). Through this prolonged engagement
Thompson, W. +2 more
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Neurology of musical performance [PDF]
Performing music at a professional level requires the integration of multimodal sensory and motor information and precise monitoring of the performance via auditory feedback. In the context of Western classical music, musicians are forced to reproduce highly controlled movements almost perfectly with a high reliability.
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Transforming musical performance: activating the audience as digital collaborators [PDF]
Digital technologies have transformed the performance practice, recording and distribution technologies, economy and sonic landscape of music in a process of change that began in the early 1980s.
York, A.
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Abstract Performing Music Research is a comprehensive guide to research in music performance. It reviews the knowledge and skills needed to critique existing studies in music education, psychology, and performance science, and to design and carry out new investigations.
Williamon, A. +3 more
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The Performance of Time (or the time of musical performance) [PDF]
In the twentieth century, time became a key-concept for music – maybe the art more dependent on time. Even so, a myriad of definitions did turn this idea not only into a rich element for musical discourse but also into a conceptual battlefield in ...
Ferraz, Silvio +3 more
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Notas especulativas sobre sofrimento psíquico e performance musical
Propondo uma análise do sofrimento psíquico que pode atingir os músicos em situação de performance, o texto avança algumas considerações com base na metapsicologia de Sigmund Freud e em uma percepção crítica da formação dos intérpretes musicais.
Luigi Brandão, Flavio Barbeitas
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Este texto examina as principais diferenças de enfoque relacionadas ao papel dos intérpretes na realização de duas diferentes propostas de jogo. Para tanto, são comparadas algumas obras de John Cage e as práticas de grupos que se dedicam à livre ...
Rogério Luiz Moraes Costa
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