BACKGROUND There is no information about the pattern of use of earphones and music players in Iranian adolescents. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and pattern of the use of earphone and music player devices as a main risk factor for hearing loss in adolescents of Tabriz city, northwest of Iran. METHODS In this cross-sectional study in November 2011, 2,359 high school studen...

Musician's dystonia is a task-specific dystonia (TSD) worldwide disabling disorder, and most of the affected individuals may have severe difficulty to play their instrument. Many professional music players may have to quit working as a player. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and frequency of TSD in Brazilian music players and to promote awareness ...

This article describes a practice research project investigating how the of meditation may be integrated into playing shakuhachi, an instrument utilised during Edo period (1603–1867) as tool for spiritual by monks Fuke sect and later becoming part hōgaku (Japanese traditional music) world stage instrument. Although we cannot know were trained to use shakuhachi in meditation, I have combined my ...

In this paper, we present a new tool for intra-document browsing of musical pieces. This tool is a multimedia player which represents the content of a musical piece visually. Each type of musical content (structure, chords, downbeats/ beats, notes, events) is associated which a distinct visual representation. The user sees what he/ she is listening too. He can also browse inside the music accor...

In this digital music era, sorting and discovery of songs is getting harder and more time consuming than before, due to the large pool of songs out there. Many music recommendation system and other similar applications in the market make use of collaborative filtering and social recommendation to suggest music to listeners. However, the problem arises when there is not enough information collec...

In this study we explore how music can entrain human walkers to synchronise to the musical beat without being instructed to do so. For this, we use an interactive music player, called D-Jogger, that senses the user's walking tempo and phase. D-Jogger aligns the music by manipulating the timing difference between beats and footfalls. Experiments are reported that led to the development and optim...

In the process of double piano performance, mastering sense rhythm is basic skill but it also a that tests performer's ability. By strengthening training rhythm, player can continuously improve his own control playing so as to play better. Based on this, article first explores artistic characteristics then combination forms in music, and finally proposes targeted methods for various organizatio...

Wireless networks are increasingly pervasive in many commercial and business environments. Additionally, many portable computing devices now have built-in wireless networking support. With these trends we are entering a new era of mobile computing and entertainment. In this demonstration we introduce an application named MStream for mobile handheld devices such as PDAs. MStream provides customi...

The downloadable sheet music market has been constrained by reliance on proprietary binary formats. MusicXML is a new Internet-friendly format for representing sheet music and music notation. We introduce the basics of MusicXML design, using examples from current software to illustrate MusicXML's advantages over previous music interchange formats. We conclude by discussing the new types of musi...