Showing papers in "Musicae Scientiae in 2015"
TL;DR: In this paper, it has been argued that a paradigmatic or prototypical case of human psychological well-being would largely manifest most or all of the aforementioned PERMA factors, including positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment.
Abstract: In “Flourish,” Martin Seligman maintained that the elements of well-being consist of “PERMA: positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment.” Although the question of what constitutes human flourishing or psychological well-being has remained a topic of continued debate among scholars, it has recently been argued in the literature that a paradigmatic or prototypical case of human psychological well-being would largely manifest most or all of the aforementioned PERMA factors. Further, in “A Neuroscientific Perspective on Music Therapy,” Stefan Koelsch also suggested that “Music therapy can have effects that improve the psychological and physiological health of individuals,” so it seems plausible that engaging in practices of music can positively contribute to one living a more optimally flourishing life with greater psychological well-being. However, recent studies on music practice and participation have not yet been reviewed and integrated under the PERMA framework from positive...
135 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a conceptual overview of a self-determination theory approach to motivation in music education is provided, which is based on the concept of self-motivation and self-love.
Abstract: This article provides a conceptual overview of a self-determination theory approach to motivation in music education. Research on motivation in music learning is active and has influenced the field...
115 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a case study based on qualitative interviews with the Danish String Quartet (DSQ) is presented, where a total of 12 hours of interviews was recorded, drawing on ethnography-related methodologies during tours with the DSQ in Denmark and England in 2012 and 2013.
Abstract: In this article we explore the role of pre-reflective, embodied, and interactive intentionality in joint musical performance. Putting together insights from phenomenology and current theories in cognitive science, we present a case study based on qualitative interviews with the Danish String Quartet (DSQ). A total of 12 hours of interviews was recorded, drawing on ethnography-related methodologies during tours with the DSQ in Denmark and England in 2012 and 2013, focusing mainly on their experience of perception, intentionality, absorption, selfhood and intersubjectivity. The analysis emerging from our data suggests that expert musicians’ experience of collective music-making is rooted in the dynamical patterns of perception and action that co-constitute the sonic environment(s) in which they are embedded, and that the role of attention and other reflective processes should therefore be reconsidered. In putting forward our view on ensemble cohesion, we challenge Keller’s and Seddon and Biasutti’s influent...
79 citations
TL;DR: This study tested whether attention to visual cues during piano–piano and piano–violin duet performance increases in such situations, and found that visual cues were used effectively following long pauses in the music, even in the absence of primo audio.
Abstract: Nonverbal auditory and visual communication helps ensemble musicians predict each other’s intentions and coordinate their actions. When structural characteristics of the music make predicting co-performers’ intentions difficult (e.g., following long pauses or during ritardandi), reliance on incoming auditory and visual signals may change. This study tested whether attention to visual cues during piano–piano and piano–violin duet performance increases in such situations. Pianists performed the secondo part to three duets, synchronizing with recordings of violinists or pianists playing the primo parts. Secondos’ access to incoming audio and visual signals and to their own auditory feedback was manipulated. Synchronization was most successful when primo audio was available, deteriorating when primo audio was removed and only cues from primo visual signals were available. Visual cues were used effectively following long pauses in the music, however, even in the absence of primo audio. Synchronization was unaffected by the removal of secondos’ own auditory feedback. Differences were observed in how successfully piano–piano and piano–violin duos synchronized, but these effects of instrument pairing were not consistent across pieces. Pianists’ success at synchronizing with violinists and other pianists is likely moderated by piece characteristics and individual differences in the clarity of cueing gestures used.
46 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated model-data fit and differential rater functioning in the context of large group music performance assessment using the Many-Facet Rasch Partial Credit M...
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate model-data fit and differential rater functioning in the context of large group music performance assessment using the Many-Facet Rasch Partial Credit M...
45 citations
TL;DR: Sad music, and especially sad music with a personal significance, has been shown to evoke a wide span of emotions with a high degree of personal significance as discussed by the authors. But people often listen to sad music in spite of its seemingly negative qualities.
Abstract: People often listen to sad music in spite of its seemingly negative qualities. Sad music, and especially sad music with a personal significance, has been shown to evoke a wide span of emotions with...
38 citations
TL;DR: Songs heard between the ages of 15 and 24 should be remembered better and have a stronger relationship to autobiographical memories when compared with music from other phases of life (reminiscence) as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Songs heard between the ages of 15 and 24 should be remembered better and have a stronger relationship to autobiographical memories when compared with music from other phases of life (“reminiscence...
29 citations
TL;DR: The touch used to play the piano, representing aspects of body posture, hand posture, movement, speed, force and pressure on the key, has been addressed over the centuries by pedagogues, famous pia...
Abstract: The touch used to play the piano, representing aspects of body posture, hand posture, movement, speed, force and pressure on the key, has been addressed over the centuries by pedagogues, famous pia...
27 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, two forms of music reception (attentive and analytical and emotional listening) can be differentiated to understand and explain how individuals adapt to stress through regulating their emotions.
Abstract: Two forms of music reception (attentive–analytical and emotional listening) can be differentiated to understand and explain how individuals adapt to stress through regulating their emotions (accomm...
22 citations
Abstract: Several studies have investigated how to improve episodic memory performance by manipulating the factors that are crucial for successful encoding. There is an ongoing debate about whether a complex...
15 citations
TL;DR: Singing abilities begin in early childhood and continue throughout life as mentioned in this paper, and audiovideo recordings of singing behaviours collected from a wide variety of individuals can provide a foundation for explor...
Abstract: Singing abilities begin in early childhood and continue throughout life. Audiovideo recordings of singing behaviours collected from a wide variety of individuals can provide a foundation for explor...
TL;DR: The AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills (ATBSS) is a comprehensive instrument that was designed to acquire data from varied age, cultural and ethnic groups as discussed by the authors, and is used to test singing skills.
Abstract: The AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills (ATBSS) is a comprehensive instrument that was designed to acquire data from varied age, cultural and ethnic groups. The aim of the present research was twof...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that appropriate social behaviors during ensemble practice enhance performance quality and do social behaviors reflect performers' daily behaviors during practice reflect their daily activities. But, they do not consider the role of social media in ensemble practice.
Abstract: Prior studies have demonstrated that appropriate social behaviors during ensemble practice enhance performance quality. Thus, do social behaviors during ensemble practice reflect performers’ daily ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors test whether different facets of mindfulness (attention, present focus, awareness, and acceptance) moderated a mediation process in which digital piracy in friends promotes a lenient legal-ethical position that fosters music piracy intentions in emerging adults.
Abstract: Music piracy is a prevalent, costly, and illegal global phenomenon. The objective of this study was to test whether different facets of mindfulness (attention, present focus, awareness, and acceptance) moderated a mediation process in which digital piracy in friends promotes a lenient legal-ethical position that fosters music piracy intentions in emerging adults. We controlled for personality traits (Big Five), emotion regulation (reappraisal and suppression), time spent listening to music, various Internet-related behaviors (non-academic Internet use, downloading, social networking, smartphone use), and sociodemographics (gender, age, and level of education). Participants were 156 emerging adults (aged between 18 and 25 years) who studied at a Canadian university. Moderated mediation analyses (bootstrapping 50,000 random resamples) suggested that social influence from digital piracy in friends might be a risk factor that has: (i) a direct effect on music piracy intentions; (ii) an indirect effect on musi...
TL;DR: The HarmoRubette component in the RUBATO music software environment is decomposed, redesigned and extended into a Harmonic Analysis Network, which is described in detail and discusses two sample analyses with the network.
Abstract: Harmonic analysis of symbolic music provides useful insights into music composition and performance. Automation of harmonic analysis could provide further help in making the analysis process explicit, precise, and user-configurable. The HarmoRubette component in the RUBATO music software environment was developed for such purposes. We decomposed, redesigned and extended HarmoRubette into a Harmonic Analysis Network. We describe our tonality/Harmonic Analysis Network in detail and discuss two sample analyses with the network.
TL;DR: This article describes the use of image-processing methods to accurately convert the visual data in Seashore’s performance scores into data points and presents a proof-of-concept study of the vocal performance scores in Harold Seashores’ “An Objective Analysis of Artistic Singing” (1936).
Abstract: In the first half of the 20th century, Carl Seashore and colleagues undertook extensive work in performance analysis of a variety of instruments. Their data were embodied in so-called performance scores, which still exist as illustrations of laborious work undertaken by the early pioneers of music performance research and, in their original form, offer today’s researchers the opportunity to only visually examine the experimental data. This article describes the use of image-processing methods to accurately convert the visual data in Seashore’s performance scores into data points. This use of technology offers researchers the opportunity to directly engage with the data collected in Seashore’s laboratory, either for the purposes of validation or performing analyses for which the researchers in Seashore’s time did not have the computational facilities or algorithms to perform. This paper also presents a proof-of-concept study of the vocal performance scores in Harold Seashore’s “An Objective Analysis of Art...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on an experimental study that brought two free jazz instigators, the drummer Todd Capp and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, to musically meet Mikey Holmes, a young noise musician.
Abstract: In this paper we report on an experimental study that brought two free jazz instigators, the drummer Todd Capp and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, to musically meet Mikey Holmes, a young noise...
TL;DR: In this article, the attitude of people with various religious and faith orientations towards music is likely to be influenced by the teaching of their religion and the way they hold their faith.
Abstract: The attitude of people with various religious and faith orientations towards music is likely to be influenced by the teaching of their religion and the way they hold their faith. In this study, the...
TL;DR: In this article, the AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills (ATBS) was used to test the singing skills of children in Estonian improvisational songs of 43 children (22 girls, 21 boys, Mage = 5.5 years, age range: 2-8 years).
Abstract: In this preliminary study, improvisational songs of 43 Estonian children (22 girls, 21 boys, Mage = 5.5 years, age range: 2–8 years) were collected using the AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills (AT...
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TL;DR: Overall, medical staff perceived the presence of live classical music in the clinic waiting area positively and all interviewees requested increases in the frequency of the live music.
Abstract: Despite a lack of well-controlled empirical studies to support its implementation, recorded music is often utilized in medical waiting areas. More specifically, there is a dearth of data concerning...
TL;DR: The authors examined the role of native language of the singer in this task by comparing the sung productions of the song by native English versus native Chinese students and found that those who heard the song in their native language made fewer melodic contour errors.
Abstract: The AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills (ATBSS) is a protocol for acquiring data about a wide range of singing abilities, one of which is the ability to learn an unfamiliar song. This test component presents a song with English lyrics. We examined the role of native language of the singer in this task by comparing the sung productions of the song by native English versus native Chinese students. Following a pilot study that suggested the impact of native language, in the main experiment, 12 participants (6 from each language group) heard the test song with lyrics in their native language (English/Mandarin Chinese), and 12 more heard the lyrics in the foreign language. The instructions were to sing “la” and not the lyrics. For both native-language groups, those who heard the song in their native language made fewer melodic contour errors. When later asked to sing the song with lyrics, the benefit of native language was also evident for both contour and lyrics. These effects of degree of matching of one’s n...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated how the auditory pitch, the frequency range, the complexity, as well as the structure of the sound affected the synaesthetic visual attributes of chroma, colour brightness, colour plurality and density.
Abstract: Although research on synaesthesia has blossomed in the last decades, few things are known about inherited sound-colour synaesthesia and processes underlying synaesthetic perception. In this study we investigated how the auditory pitch, the frequency range, the complexity, as well as the structure of the sound affected the synaesthetic visual attributes of chroma, colour brightness, colour plurality and density. A distinct mapping was observed between sound features and visual characteristics, which suggests that visual stimulation requires sensory auditory processing. We propose that congenital synaesthetic perception involves two stages of processing: initially the sensory auditory information is processed by the primary auditory cortex, and then it is distributed to the secondary and extrastriate visual brain areas, generating visual stimulation. This process does not necessarily involve the participation of brain areas responsible for associative thinking.
TL;DR: In this article, a model for musikalischer Begabung and Kompetenz (S. 346) bildet einen neuartigen theoretischen Beitrag, der die häufig diffus verlaufenden Diskussionen auf eine stringente Grundlage zu stellen vermag.
Abstract: Potenzial, jene Initiative, der sämtliche hier vorgelegten Daten und Modelle ihren Ursprung verdanken, neu zu bewerten. Das von den Autoren entwickelte Modell zu musikalischer Begabung und Kompetenz (S. 346) bildet einen neuartigen theoretischen Beitrag, der die häufig diffus verlaufenden Diskussionen auf eine stringente Grundlage zu stellen vermag. Die Herausgeber haben es geschafft, durch die sehr gute Auswahl von Expertinnen und Experten in unterschiedlichen Themengebieten ein Forschungsgebiet abzustecken, das sich zwischen sozialund naturwissenschaftlichen Zugängen stetig weiterentwickelt. Gleichwohl sollte dieser Band zumindest für einige Jahre eine wertvolle Ressource darstellen. Dass derzeit kaum Metaanalysen zu Fragestellungen innerhalb dieses Gebietes vorliegen, ist den Herausgebern kaum anzulasten. Doch wären solche Analysen zukünftig sicher im zentralen Interesse des bildungspolitischen Anliegens, welches viele der hier versammelten Forscherinnen und Forscher antreibt.