Happy Rag / music by R. G. Gradi; words by R. G. Gradi

Cover: caricature of an African American male playing a five-string banjo; Publisher: Ajax Music Co. (Chicago)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_c/1052/thumbnail.jp

Sonification as Negotiation - Learning from Translation Studies.

This paper introduces a first comparison between the re-search domains of translation studies and data sonification.This contribution explores the idea of considering the prac-tice of sonification as an hermeneutic motion which entailsthe transfer of information across different media. Sonifi-cation is then envisioned as an adaptation concerned withthe transfer of incoming data into sonic forms. Transla-tion theories are used to reflect on various sonification ap-proaches: three translation perspectives are discussed andcompared to different sonification scenarios. The notionof negotiation is suggested to frame the translation of datainto sound as a process by which the designer mediates be-tween the source data and the target sound

Performer Identification From Symbolic Representation of Music Using Statistical Models

Music Performers have their own idiosyncratic way of interpreting a musical piece. A group of skilled performers playing the same piece of music would likely to inject their unique artistic styles in their performances. The variations of the tempo, timing, dynamics, articulation etc. from the actual notated music are what make the performers unique in their performances. This study presents a dataset consisting of four movements of Schubert's ``Sonata in B-flat major, D.960" performed by nine virtuoso pianists individually. We proposed and extracted a set of expressive features that are able to capture the characteristics of an individual performer's style. We then present a performer identification method based on the similarity of feature distribution, given a set of piano performances. The identification is done considering each feature individually as well as a fusion of the features. Results show that the proposed method achieved a precision of 0.903 using fusion features. Moreover, the onset time deviation feature shows promising result when considered individually

Ensemble Concert: Illinois State University Chamber Orchestra, April 20, 2010

Center for the Performing ArtsApril 20, 2010Tuesday Evening8:00 p.m

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

Pickaninny Blues / music by Henri Klickman; words by Harold G. Frost

Cover: drawing of a peaceful log cabin scene at night; description reads waltz lullaby; Publisher: McKinley Music Co. (Chicago)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sharris_c/1155/thumbnail.jp

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

Sketching sounds: an exploratory study on sound-shape associations

Sound synthesiser controls typically correspond to technical parameters of signal processing algorithms rather than intuitive sound descriptors that relate to human perception of sound. This makes it difficult to realise sound ideas in a straightforward way. Cross-modal mappings, for example between gestures and sound, have been suggested as a more intuitive control mechanism. A large body of research shows consistency in human associations between sounds and shapes. However, the use of drawings to drive sound synthesis has not been explored to its full extent. This pa- per presents an exploratory study that asked participants to sketch visual imagery of sounds with a monochromatic digital drawing interface, with the aim to identify different representational approaches and determine whether timbral sound characteristics can be communicated reliably through visual sketches. Results imply that the development of a synthesiser exploiting sound-shape associations is feasible, but a larger and more focused dataset is needed in followup studies