We present Andante, a representation of music as animated characters walking along the piano keyboard that appear to play the physical keys with each step. Based on a view of music pedagogy that emphasizes expressive, full-body communication early in the learning process, Andante promotes an understanding of music rooted in the body, taking advantage of walking as one of the most fundamental hu...

During the past three years IRCAM has developed the IRCAM Musical Workstation (IMW). Recently we have begun work on musical tools and the realization of music with the system. Miller Puckette has written a version of MAX for the IMW which includes signal processing objects, as well as the standard objects found in the Macintosh version of MAX (including MIDI objects). The MAX environment for th...

Kaba Gadih Basanai is a very popular story for the Minangkabau people and gives deep meaning in life because there historical background to of colonial era which was full twists turns heartbreaking struggles. The purpose this study examine how music behaves conveying Rabab Pasisie kaba Basanai. This research with descriptive qualitative approach, researcher makes observations, describes then sy...

the confrontation between iranian and western musical cultures and especially taking the idea of western orchestra is a topic that had incongruous dimensions in iranian music. therefore, this process leads up to some questions: what is the relationship between the multiplicity of musical performance and identity of iranian music? and the other question: did such a process in its different dimen...

Evaluation has been suggested to be one of the main trends in current NIME research. However, the meaning of the term for the community may not be as clear as it seems. In order to explore this issue, we have analyzed all papers and posters published in the proceedings of the NIME conference from 2012 to 2014. For each publication that explicitly mentioned the term “evaluation”, we looked for: ...

This article is a report of results three studies investigating effects fast versus slow background musical tempo on physiology, cognition, and emotions. Two pilot first measure consumer perceptions tempo. In Studies 1 2, participants view short video restaurant advertisement featuring or music along with illustrations food items. Results indicate that more effective than for evoking positive t...

Gati Lambangsih laras slendro pathet manyura is one of the Yogyakarta musical styles which was created during reign Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X. This new creation in ladrang format complements Beksan Bedaya's aesthetic Lambangsari, held at Uyon-Uyon Hadiluhung event on December 28, 2020, Kagungan Dalem Ward Srimanganti. Unlike other gending Gati, symbol presented with a slendro-barreled gamela...

Musical keyboard instruments have a long history, which resulted in many kinds of keyboards (claviers) today. Since the hardware of conventional musical keyboards cannot be changed, such as the number of keys, musicians have to carry these large keyboards for playing music that requires only a small diapason. To solve this problem, the goal of our study is to construct UnitKeyboard, which has o...

One of the reasons of why some musical instruments more successfully continue their evolution and actively take part in the history of music is partially attributed to the existing compositions made specifically for them, pieces that remain and are still played over a long period of time. This is something we know, performing these compositions keeps the characteristics of the instruments alive...