Analyzing Free-Hand Sound-Tracings of Melodic Phrases
In this paper, we report on a free-hand motion capture study in which 32 participants ‘traced’ 16 melodic vocal phrases with their hands in the air in two experimental conditions. Melodic contours are often thought of as correlated with vertical movement (up and down) in time, and this was also our...
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| description | In this paper, we report on a free-hand motion capture study in which 32 participants ‘traced’ 16 melodic vocal phrases with their hands in the air in two experimental conditions. Melodic contours are often thought of as correlated with vertical movement (up and down) in time, and this was also our initial expectation. We did find an arch shape for most of the tracings, although this did not correspond directly to the melodic contours. Furthermore, representation of pitch in the vertical dimension was but one of a diverse range of movement strategies used to trace the melodies. Six different mapping strategies were observed, and these strategies have been quantified and statistically tested. The conclusion is that metaphorical representation is much more common than a ‘graph-like’ rendering for such a melodic sound-tracing task. Other findings include a clear gender difference for some of the tracing strategies and an unexpected representation of melodies in terms of a small object for some of the Hindustani music examples. The data also show a tendency of participants moving within a shared ‘social box’. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-39afc823646649f59190acff3b9e58122022-12-21T17:32:08ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172018-01-018113510.3390/app8010135app8010135Analyzing Free-Hand Sound-Tracings of Melodic PhrasesTejaswinee Kelkar0Alexander Refsum Jensenius1University of Oslo, Department of Musicology, RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, 0371 Oslo, NorwayUniversity of Oslo, Department of Musicology, RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion, 0371 Oslo, NorwayIn this paper, we report on a free-hand motion capture study in which 32 participants ‘traced’ 16 melodic vocal phrases with their hands in the air in two experimental conditions. Melodic contours are often thought of as correlated with vertical movement (up and down) in time, and this was also our initial expectation. We did find an arch shape for most of the tracings, although this did not correspond directly to the melodic contours. Furthermore, representation of pitch in the vertical dimension was but one of a diverse range of movement strategies used to trace the melodies. Six different mapping strategies were observed, and these strategies have been quantified and statistically tested. The conclusion is that metaphorical representation is much more common than a ‘graph-like’ rendering for such a melodic sound-tracing task. Other findings include a clear gender difference for some of the tracing strategies and an unexpected representation of melodies in terms of a small object for some of the Hindustani music examples. The data also show a tendency of participants moving within a shared ‘social box’.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/1/135motionmelodyshapesound-tracingmulti-modality |
| spellingShingle | Tejaswinee Kelkar Alexander Refsum Jensenius Analyzing Free-Hand Sound-Tracings of Melodic Phrases Applied Sciences motion melody shape sound-tracing multi-modality |
| title | Analyzing Free-Hand Sound-Tracings of Melodic Phrases |
| title_full | Analyzing Free-Hand Sound-Tracings of Melodic Phrases |
| title_fullStr | Analyzing Free-Hand Sound-Tracings of Melodic Phrases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analyzing Free-Hand Sound-Tracings of Melodic Phrases |
| title_short | Analyzing Free-Hand Sound-Tracings of Melodic Phrases |
| title_sort | analyzing free hand sound tracings of melodic phrases |
| topic | motion melody shape sound-tracing multi-modality |
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