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Rational and intuitive approaches to music composition: The impact of individual differences in thinking/learning styles on compositional processes

This study explores the idea that there are two different types of composers, those that use a rational process of composition involving pre-planning and use of external systems and those that use an intuitive process that involves trial and error or other exploratory means for composing. It focuses on further understanding these patterns of thought as they are found in the compositional processes of student composers as well as investigating their learning preferences. The study examines the compositional processes of five composition students from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music selected using their results on the SOLAT (Style Of Learning And Thinking) measure (Torrance, McCarthy & Kolesinski, 1988). After interviewing the five participants, a model was developed that explained how rational and intuitive patterns of thought were used at different levels. The macroprocesses of participants were found to sit on a continuum between rational and intuitive whilst at the micro-level participants were seen to use a mixture of both processes. The interview participants were also asked to comment on their preferred activities for learning composition. It was found that the participants believed their compositional processes were something that they developed themselves and they wanted a more personal approach to learning. The findings have implications for both teachers of composition and their students

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Externally Applied Manipulation of Molecular Assemblies at Solid-Liquid Interfaces Revealed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

A solid-liquid interface is a unique environment for the construction of two-dimensional molecular assemblies as a bottom-up approach towards functional surfaces. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has proven itself as an excellent tool to characterize such surfaces at the molecular level, by means of visualization. Many rules of design for surface, solvent and chemical structure of the adsorbants have been established, but methods to externally manipulate surface assemblies after their formation are still under development. This feature article deals with these manipulation methods at the solid-liquid interface and evaluates, at the molecular level, the effects of temperature variation, irradiation with light, applied electric or magnetic fields, mechanical manipulation with the STM tip, and shear flow of the liquid phase

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