The Relative Importance of Intensity and Time Stress in Singing

The factors that enter into the production and perception of rhythm in singing are so varied and complex that they almost defy clarification. In discussing rhythm of the singer, musicians have confined themselves almost entirely to one general term: stress, with its loose synonyms, accent and emphasis. These terms are not well-defined, although generally the context implies that stress, accent, and emphasis mean an increase in dynamics, a push in intensity. It is the purpose of this paper to attempt to clarify the nature of vocal rhythm by discussing some studies of two major factors that are involved: time stress and intensity stress

The Hearing of the Vocal Vibrato

Paralleling the extensive study of the artistic use of the vocal and instrumental vibrato is this study in the perception of the vocal vibrato. By using a synthetic tone-mixer, variations in pitch and intensity deviations, both as to rate and extent, were produced for the observers who responded by several methods - production, comparison and estimate. The data indicate that the observers, all of whom possess high musical discrimination for pitch and intensity, hear the deviations in pitch extent as about one-third the actual amount, that different rates of oscillation near the average of artistic usage, have little significant effect upon the perceived extent. The study is intensive rather than extensive. Some illusory effects are noted. The relation to musical sonance is discussed

The Pattern Score in Scientific Study of Music

The pattern score, developed in the psychology of music to express the facts pertinent to both music and psychology, is here demonstrated in its more complete form. There is presented a sample of a song graphed on the pattern score which coordinately records the melody curve, the intensity curve, sample timbre analysis, durational aspects, facts from the musical score and phonetic elements. In its standardized form the pattern score fulfills the requirement that the basic musical and scientific concepts must be presented visually in adequately coordinated relationships

Effects of Music on Physiological Response

For this study the heart rates of twenty-two members of a college-level music appreciation class were recorded while students listened to the first movement of Beethoven's fifth symphony. The measurements were taken at three different times over a six-week period before, during, and after experimental treatment. Experimental treatment consisted of either audiotutorial tapes or repetitive listening sessions devised for specific musical-ability groups. The same test music was used throughout the entire study to determine the effects of learning and repetitive exposure on heart rate response. A control group had no further exposure to the test music during the study. Stable segments of the test music provoked tachycardia (elevated heart rate) in the subjects, while alternating segments produced bradycardia (lowered heart rate). Heart rate response to music was found to be linked with the presence or absence of learning.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline

Letter from Harold Seashore to Neil Spencer (September 13, 1941)

This is a letter written by Harold Seashore, Director of Admissions at Springfield College, to Neil Spencer. The letter is dated September 13, 1941. It is a the college's acceptance letter for his admissions to Springfield College as a transfer student

NACA Research Memorandums

Design data are presented for the graphical construction of two-dimensional sharp-edge-throat supersonic nozzles of minimum length for test-section Mach numbers from 1.20 to 10.00. The method of characteristics used in the design is briefly reviewed

Design Data for Graphical Construction of Two-Dimensional Sharp-Edge-Throat Supersonic Nozzles

Design data are presented for the graphical construction of two-dimensional sharp-edge-throat supersonic nozzles of minimum length for test-section Mach numbers from 1.20 to 10.00. The method of characteristics used in the design is briefly reviewed

DAT - Differential Aptitude Test. 5. ed. (scheda descrittiva)

Test psicologico. Scheda descrittiva creata all'interno del progetto Bibliomedi