From the Body Image to the Body Schema, From the Proximal to the Distal: Embodied Musical Activity Toward Learning Instrumental Musical Skills by Jin Hyun Kim

“…It is thus argued that shaping music by means of playing a musical instrument can be conceived of as an embodied process, of understanding the forms of one’s own experience as related to the musical world that is created by one’s bodily activity.…”
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“MUZICA” JOURNAL (1916-1989): THE C-O-S-T OF THE COMPROMISE WITH COMMUNIST REGIME by Cristina ŞUTEU

“…The Muzica journal was – for decades – a cultural-political musical instrument in our country. …”
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SONORITIES ON THE THRESHOLD by Alfredo Enrique Ardila Villegas

“…Therefore, I propose in the thesis a way of teaching a musical instrument through collective practices whose meaning is to be found in the difference, the diverse and the opposite, all to complement the classic tradition and its teaching.…”
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A STUDY ON THE AESTHETICS OF CALLIGRAPHY OF BRONZE INSCRIPTIONS IN THE PRE-QIN AND JIN DYNASTIES by Xi Zhang, Dianyou Zhang

“…Secondly, the corresponding evolution of weapon inscriptions, musical instrument inscriptions, Chinese ritual instrument inscriptions, and the changes in the embellishment of the writing system. …”
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The preparation of music teachers in Brazil and England: reflections on teaching practice models by José Soares, Graham Welch

“…A number of challenges were indentified such as: (i) how to balance the theoretical and practical dimensions of the curriculum; (ii) the quest for mechanisms for the transferral of the pedagogical and musical instrument knowledge acquired by students to music teaching practice contexts; and (iii) the absence of a specialist music teacher as mentors in some educational contexts. …”
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Valeria a pena decolonizar as terminologias da mbira? by Micas Orlando Silambo

“…The nomenclature of traditional African musical instruments in contemporary times contempla-tes a diversity of issues that lead us reflect. …”
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Synthesis of Room Impulse Responses for Variable Source Characteristics by M. Kunkemoeller, P. Dietrich, M. Pollow

“…Every acoustic source, e.g. a speaker, a musical instrument or a loudspeaker, generally has a frequency dependent characteristic radiation pattern, which is preeminent at higher frequencies. …”
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STREET THEATRE - THE THIRD THEATRE: AGENTS FOR SOCIAL ENGINEERING IN INDIA by Shrimati Das, Asha N. Rabb

“…A 'convince-convert' strategy is employed accompanied by a 'Dholak' (Indian percussion musical instrument) or a 'choir' to attract the crowd at the cross roads or any street corner. …”
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The wandering « Leg of an Indian King ». The cultural biography of a friction idiophone now in the Pigorini Museum in Rome, Italy by Davide Domenici

“…The article presents new data on the history of a Mesoamerican musical instrument, which is a notched human bone used as a friction idiophone, today, held at the Pigorini Museum in Rome, Italy, where it is recorded as MNPE n. 4209. …”
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EVALUATION OF RESIDUAL STRAINS ON ACOUSTIC QUALITY OF GUITAR by Mariana Domnica STANCIU, Ioan CURTU, Calin POP, Dorin MAN

“…This paper aims to assess how the residual deformations of the guitar neck influence the quality of the musical instrument, knowing that wood is a material whose rheological behavior is influenced by many factors, including humidity, temperature, duration, intensity and how is applied the forces. …”
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Piano in the intonation process of tonally unstable and non-tonal melodies in teaching Solfège by Vidicki Elizabeta

“…Since the piano is present in almost all music activities, whether it is used as a primary source of sound, i.e. as a harmonic accompaniment to vocal reproduction, or in any other activity, the use of this musical instrument should be approached with great consideration, and methodologically correct. …”
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Evolving Instrument Based on Symbiont-Host Metaphor: a Commensal Computation by Christophe Rigotti, Guillaume Beslon, Jonas Abernot, Sergio Peignier, Simon Hickinbotham

“…The system can be used as a dance-driven musical instrument that allows an immediate physical interaction with music, because the evolutionary algorithm generates live code, that evolves during the performance. …”
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Music from the air : digital terpsitone by Song Yiming

“…The theremin is an electromagnetic musical instrument that allows the users to play music with their hands without touching the instrument, the terpsitone was designed to achieve the same purpose but instead with the whole body. …”
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Design of an attachable MIDI keyboard by Wang, Ziyin.

“…MIDI is the acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. A MIDI keyboard is typically a piano-style user interface keyboard device used for sending MIDI signals or commands over a USB or MIDI cable to other devices connected and operating on the same MIDI protocol interface. …”
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Parents' expectations in their child's private music lessons / Nadira Zulkifli by Zulkifli, Nadira

“…Results show that the main parents' reason in enrolling their child in private music lessons is to provide their child with the enjoyment of playing a musical instrument and they were expecting that their child would have a balanced education when they enroll their child in private music lesson, in addition, between the three motivational constructs, parents in this study valued their child's music learning as usefulness than interest and importance.…”
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Perceptions of band members towards practicing in marching band: case study VICCB / Helmi Rosli by Rosli, Helmi

“…Findings show that band members who play instrument for the extended of time are more motivated in practicing compare to those who are new in playing musical instrument. Most of band members believe that ability is an important role in order to achieve musical success.…”
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Choosing undergraduate music performance program in UiTM Shah Alam / Zyzy Geofrey by Geofrey, Zyzy

“…That is, students reported that they want to improve their playing on musical instrument, they want to learn the art of performing and influenced by their family. …”
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Musical Activity During Life Is Associated With Multi-Domain Cognitive and Brain Benefits in Older Adults by Adriana Böttcher, Adriana Böttcher, Alexis Zarucha, Theresa Köbe, Malo Gaubert, Angela Höppner, Slawek Altenstein, Slawek Altenstein, Claudia Bartels, Katharina Buerger, Katharina Buerger, Peter Dechent, Laura Dobisch, Laura Dobisch, Michael Ewers, Klaus Fliessbach, Klaus Fliessbach, Silka Dawn Freiesleben, Ingo Frommann, Ingo Frommann, John Dylan Haynes, Daniel Janowitz, Ingo Kilimann, Ingo Kilimann, Luca Kleineidam, Christoph Laske, Christoph Laske, Franziska Maier, Coraline Metzger, Coraline Metzger, Coraline Metzger, Matthias H. J. Munk, Matthias H. J. Munk, Robert Perneczky, Robert Perneczky, Robert Perneczky, Robert Perneczky, Oliver Peters, Oliver Peters, Josef Priller, Josef Priller, Josef Priller, Boris-Stephan Rauchmann, Nina Roy, Klaus Scheffler, Anja Schneider, Anja Schneider, Annika Spottke, Annika Spottke, Stefan J. Teipel, Stefan J. Teipel, Jens Wiltfang, Jens Wiltfang, Jens Wiltfang, Steffen Wolfsgruber, Steffen Wolfsgruber, Renat Yakupov, Renat Yakupov, Emrah Düzel, Emrah Düzel, Frank Jessen, Frank Jessen, Frank Jessen, Sandra Röske, Michael Wagner, Michael Wagner, Gerd Kempermann, Gerd Kempermann, Miranka Wirth

“…Participants reporting having played a musical instrument across three life periods (n = 70) were compared to controls without a history of musical instrument playing (n = 70), well-matched for reserve proxies of education, intelligence, socioeconomic status and physical activity. …”
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Design of MIDI decoder and controller program for MIDI auto saxophone by Muhammad Halifi, Muhamad

“…The saxophone is a musical instrument that lends itself to be controlled electronically. …”
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The Evolution of the Vibraphone in the Development of Musical Styles by Marius Šinkūnas

“…The analysis of scientific literature showed that since 1921, when the vibraphone was presented at the World Instrument Exhibition in the United States, the performance style of this musical instrument has changed significantly, both in terms of timbre and technique. …”
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