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The Pocket: A Theory of Beats as Domains

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This dissertation proposes a theory that views beats as probabilistic domains that I term “pockets,” taking a vernacular term commonly used by jazz, funk, and popular music performers to describe the state of being in a good groove and making it concrete through empirical methods. Pockets have three key properties:...

Keyword:

microtiming, rhythm, corpus studies, and music information retrieval

Subject:

Music theory

Creator:

Hosken, Fred

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

10/07/2021

Date Created:

2021-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

etdadmin_upload_844477 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15738
The Integrated Auditory System: Communication and Cognition through the Lens of Musical Expertise

Description:

When we speak, we communicate not only with the words we choose, but also with the patterns of sound we create. As auditory experts, musicians are especially adept at making sense of sound, and accumulating research reveals that this extends to their processing of speech and other communication signals. Much...

Keyword:

speech, music, perception, language, and rhythm

Subject:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Creator:

Jessica Louise Slater

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

02/13/2018

Date Modified:

02/13/2018

Date Created:

2016-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation