Tonal harmony analysis is arguably one of the most sophisticated tasks that musicians deal with. It combines general knowledge with contextual cues, being ingrained with both faceted and evolving objects, such as musical language, execution style, or even taste. In the present work we introduce mare, a system for tonal analysis. Music is naturally represented in terms of sequences of sounding e...

Padulo et al. (1) comment on our recent PNAS article (2). Here, we give a response to each of their points and rebut each point. Their major concern seems to be that the musical feedback technology we used is too complex to allow for replication by other laboratories. We do not agree with Padulo et al.; rather, we are convinced that this paradigm, which has since also been used to examine other...

This paper describes the Musical Poi (mPoi), a unique sensorbased musical instrument inspired by the ancient art of Jwibulnori and Poi spinning. The trajectory of circular motion drawn by the performance and the momentum of the mPoi instrument is converted to the energetic and vibrant sound, which creates a spiritual and meditative soundscape that opens everyone up the aura and clears the mind....

Introduction: Children with cochlear implants (CIs) may experience few opportunities for positive musical experiences, and musical perception is therefore often not sufficiently developed. This paper investigates and discusses the relationship between intelligence quotient (IQ) and musical ability in children with CIs compared with children with normal hearing.                                  ...

The impact of music and its psychological and physiological changes during exercise is issue that has always been focused on sport science experts. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of musical exercise on aerobic capacity and quality of life in elderly men. This study was conducted on 45 elderly men. The participants were randomly allocated into three groups: aerobic musical exer...

This study discusses the phenomenon of Arabic literary criticism that occurred during period ignorance. By knowing critical phenomena existed jahiliyyah period, it will be known how character at time was. Literary was still very simple, namely by determining good and bad or comparing works with one another based on their natural taste. The result can seen in Muallaqa>t which some best poems ...

introduction: children with cochlear implants (cis) may experience few opportunities for positive musical experiences, and musical perception is therefore often not sufficiently developed. this paper investigates and discusses the relationship between intelligence quotient (iq) and musical ability in children with cis compared with children with normal hearing.                                  ...