Download or read book Tone Measurements of Outstanding Javanese Gamelan in Yogyakarta and Surakarta written by Wasisto Surjodiningrat (Raden Mas) and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the gamelan tone system by measuring the pitches of the demung sarons of a number of Javanses gamelans throughout Java. Also includes tone measurements of the complete Mung gang and Kodoknogonek gamelans of the Jogjakarta kraton.
Download or read book Tuning Timbre Spectrum Scale written by William A. Sethares and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale focuses on perceptions of consonance and dissonance, and how these are dependent on timbre. This also relates to musical scale: certain timbres sound more consonant in some scales than others. Sensory consonance and the ability to measure it have important implications for the design of audio devices and for musical theory and analysis. Applications include methods of adapting sounds for arbitrary scales, ways to specify scales for nonharmonic sounds, and techniques of sound manipulation based on maximizing (or minimizing) consonance. Special consideration is given here to a new method of adaptive tuning that can automatically adjust the tuning of a piece based its timbral character so as to minimize dissonance. Audio examples illustrating the ideas presented are provided on an accompanying CD. This unique analysis of sound and scale will be of interest to physicists and engineers working in acoustics, as well as to musicians and psychologists.
Download or read book The Arithmetic of Listening written by Kyle Gann and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tuning is the secret lens through which the history of music falls into focus," says Kyle Gann. Yet in Western circles, no other musical issue is so ignored, so taken for granted, so shoved into the corners of musical discourse. A classroom essential and an invaluable reference, The Arithmetic of Listening offers beginners the grounding in music theory necessary to find their own way into microtonality and the places it may take them. Moving from ancient Greece to the present, Kyle Gann delves into the infinite tunings available to any musician who feels straitjacketed by obedience to standardized Western European tuning. He introduces the concept of the harmonic series and demonstrates its relationship to equal-tempered and well-tempered tuning. He also explores recent experimental tuning models that exploit smaller intervals between pitches to create new sounds and harmonies. Systematic and accessible, The Arithmetic of Listening provides a much-needed primer for the wide range of tuning systems that have informed Western music. Audio examples demonstrating the musical ideas in The Arithmetic of Listening can be found at: https://www.kylegann.com/Arithmetic.html
Download or read book Javaphilia written by Henry Spiller and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fragrant tropical flowers, opulent batik fabrics, magnificent bronze gamelan orchestras, and, of course, aromatic coffee. Such are the exotic images of Java, Indonesia's most densely populated island, that have hovered at the periphery of North American imaginations for generations. Through close readings of the careers of four "javaphiles"—individuals who embraced Javanese performing arts in their own quests for a sense of belonging—Javaphilia: American Love Affairs with Javanese Music and Dance explores a century of American representations of Javanese performing arts by North Americans. While other Asian cultures made direct impressions on Americans by virtue of firsthand contacts through immigration, trade, and war, the distance between Java and America, and the vagueness of Americans' imagery, enabled a few disenfranchised musicians and dancers to fashion alternative identities through bold and idiosyncratic representations of Javanese music and dance. Javaphilia's main subjects—Canadian-born singer Eva Gauthier (1885–1958), dancer/painter Hubert Stowitts (1892–1953), ethnomusicologist Mantle Hood (1918–2005), and composer Lou Harrison (1917–2003)—all felt marginalized by the mainstream of Western society: Gauthier by her lukewarm reception as an operatic mezzo-soprano in Europe, Stowitts by his homosexuality, Hood by conflicting interests in spirituality and scientific method, and Harrison by his predilection for prettiness in a musical milieu that valued more anxious expressions. All four parlayed their own direct experiences of Java into a defining essence for their own characters. By identifying aspects of Javanese music and dance that were compatible with their own tendencies, these individuals could literally perform unconventional—yet coherent—identities based in Javanese music and dance. Although they purported to represent Java to their fellow North Americans, they were in fact simply representing themselves. In addition to probing the fascinating details of these javaphiles' lives, Javaphilia presents a novel analysis of North America's first significant encounters with Javanese performing arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. An account of the First International Gamelan Festival, in Vancouver, BC (at Expo 86), almost a century later, bookends the epoch that is the focus of Javaphilia and sets the stage for a meditation on North Americans' ongoing relationships with the music and dance of Java.
Download or read book Proceeding of the International Seminar on Art and Spirituality written by Diane Butler and published by ISI Padangpanjang. This book was released on with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceeding is a compilation of papers which is presented at “International Seminar” titled “Art and Spirituality” held by Postgraduate Program, ISI Padangpanjang, 9 November 2016. There are some main speakers who are invited: Dr. Diane Butler (United States), Dr. Megan Collins (New Zealand), Prof. Dr. I Wayan Rai S.,MA (ISBI Tanah Papua), Mr. Surasak Jamnongsarn (Thailand), and Dr. Joe Peters (National University of Singapore). Moreover, 25 writers from several backgrounds (academics and practioners) also presented their papers in this seminar. Hopefully, This “Art and Spirituality” proceeding could enrich repertoire of art references in Indonesia and also becomes an encouragement to academics and artists to “dish up” ideas in form of scientific papers.
Download or read book The Science and Psychology of Music written by William Forde Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a broad introduction to the scientific and psychological study of music, exploring how music is processed by our brains, affects us emotionally, shapes our personal and cultural identities, and can be used in therapeutic and educational contexts. Why are some people tone deaf and others musical savants? What do our musical preferences say about our personality and the culture in which we were raised? Why do certain songs remind us so strongly of particular people, places, or events? How can music be therapeutically used to help those with autism, Parkinson's, and other medical conditions? The Science and Psychology of Music: From Beethoven at the Office to Beyoncé at the Gym answers these and other questions. This book provides a broad and accessible introduction to the fascinating field of music psychology. Despite its name, music psychology includes a number of fields, including neuroscience, psychology, social psychology, sociology, and health. Through a collection of thematically organized chapters, readers will discover how our brains recognize elements of music, how music can affect us and shape our identities, and the many real-world applications for such information.
Download or read book The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music written by Terry E. Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete music reference for the region, this volume covers all the nations of modern Southeast Asia: Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines in thirty-five articles, written by twenty-seven expert contributors.
Download or read book New Composition for Javanese Gamelan written by Alec Roth and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music written by Ruth M. Stone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 3969 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music is a ten-volume reference work, organized geographically by continent to represent the musics of the world in nine volumes. The tenth volume houses reference tools and descriptive information about the encyclopedia’s structure, criteria for inclusion and other information specific to the field of ethnomusicology. An award-winning reference, its contributions are from top researchers around the world who were active in fieldwork and from key institutions with programs in ethnomusicology. GEWM has become a familiar acronym, and it remains highly revered for its scholarship, uncontested in being the sole encompassing reference work with a broad survey of world music. More than 9,000 pages, with musical illustrations, photographs and drawings, it is accompanied by 300+ audio examples.
Download or read book A Gamelan Manual written by Richard Pickvance and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gamelan Manual is the first comprehensive description of the performance practice of the central Javanese gamelan. Aimed mainly at the many gamelan players in the West, it will also appeal to composers and music-lovers wanting an extended account of one of the world's major musical cultures, and to teachers interested in new resources for music in schools. The book provides detailed information on the parts played by the various instruments of the gamelan, as well as on the principles on which the music is based. It also sketches the cultural background to musical performance in Java. Numerous illustrations and helpful tips for beginners are included, but also pointers to where more advanced students can find additional material. Owners of the book have access to further content via the associated website. Book jacket.
Download or read book An Introduction to Javanese Gamelan Music written by Wasisto Surjodiningrat (Raden Mas) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Java written by Purwadi and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Performing Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to Music written by New York Public Library. Music Division and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sundanese Music in the Cianjuran Style written by Wim van Zanten and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lagu Laras Layang written by Martin Fellows Hatch and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
