Drum Transcription via Classification of Bar-level Rhythmic Patterns

acceptedMatthias Mauch is supported by a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowshi

Sing Again that Sweet Refrain / music by Gussie L. Davis; words by Gussie L. Davis

Cover: drawing of an African American male carrying a full lobster trap; photo inset of Ozzie Nelson; Publisher: Calumet Music Co. (Chicago)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_e/1046/thumbnail.jp

Embodied Cognition in Performers of Large Acoustic Instruments as a Method of Designing New Large Digital Musical Instruments

We present The Large Instrument Performers Study, an interview-based exploration into how large scale acoustic instrument performers navigate the instrument's size-related aesthetic features during the performance. Through the conceptual frameworks of embodied music cognition and affordance theory, we discuss how the themes that emerged in the interview data reveal the ways size-related aesthetic features of large acoustic instruments influence the instrument performer's choices; how large scale acoustic instruments feature microscopic nuanced performance options; and how despite the preconception of large scale acoustic instruments being scaled up versions of the smaller instrument with the addition of a lower fundamental tone, the instruments o er different sonic and performative features to their smaller counterparts and require precise gestural control that is certainly not scaled up. This is followed by a discussion of how the study findings could influence design features in new large scale digital musical instruments to result in more nuanced control and timbrally rich instruments, and better understanding of how interfaces and instruments influence performers' choices and as a result music repertoire and performance

Is periodontitis and its treatment capable of changing the quality of life of a patient?

While clinical indicators, or so-called surrogate outcomes in periodontology, allow us to assess periodontal health and evaluate outcomes of periodontal therapy from a clinician's perspective, they cannot be used to evaluate patients' subjective perceptions of their health status or satisfaction with the received treatment. These can be assessed through patient-based outcomes, such as quality of life. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the multidimensional concept of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), its measures and association with plaque-induced, inflammatory periodontal diseases. Periodontitis and its clinical consequences, such as tooth loss, have a considerable negative effect on OHRQoL, while periodontal treatment and alleviation of the symptoms can lead to improvement in OHRQoL. Implant rehabilitation of missing teeth also seems to positively influence OHRQo

Seeing Sounds, Hearing Shapes: a gamified study to evaluate sound-sketches

Sound-shape associations, a subset of cross-modal associations between the auditory and visual domain, have been studied mainly in the context of matching a set of purposefully crafted shapes to sounds. Recent studies have explored how humans represent sound through free-form sketching and how a graphical sketch input could be used for sound production. In this paper, the potential of communicating sound characteristics through these free-form sketches is investigated in a gamified study that was conducted with eighty-two participants at two online exhibition events. The results show that participants managed to recognise sounds at a higher rate than the random baseline would suggest, however it appeared difficult to visually encode nuanced timbral differences

In dear Old Tennesse / music by Harry L. Newman; words by Olive L. Frields

Cover: drawing of a rural landscape with a cottage; photo inset of Sallie Randall.; Publisher: Shapiro Music Pub. Co. (New York)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_b/1095/thumbnail.jp

Down in the Deep, Let Me Sleep When I Die / music by H. W. Petrie; words by W. L. Titus

Cover: drawing of a ship in rough waters, with a photo inset of Fred J. Barnes of Primrose and Dockstaders Minstrels; Publisher: Albright Music Co. (Chicago)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_b/1001/thumbnail.jp

Marta, Rambling Rose of the Wildwood / music by Moises Simons; words by L. Wolfe Gilbert

Cover: photo of a man (Arthur Tracy?); Publisher: Edward B. Marks Music Co. (New York)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_e/1022/thumbnail.jp