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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2021)Tearful crying is a ubiquitous and likely uniquely human phenomenon. Scholars have argued that emotional tears serve an attachment function: Tears are thought to act as a social glue by evoking social support intentions. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)We present a method for tempo estimation from audio recordings based on signal processing and peak tracking, and not depending on training on ground-truth data. First, an accentuation curve, emphasizing the temporal location ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)We present a method for tempo estimation from audio re-cordings based on signal processing and peak tracking, andnot depending on training on ground-truth data. First anaccentuation curve, emphasising the temporal location ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2020)The yoik is a vocal technique practised by the Sámi of Northern Europe. It relies on circular melodies, chanted in everyday life and a cappella, with or without lyrics. Each melody evokes a particular being, usually a ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)The Musical Gestures Toolbox for Matlab (MGT) aims at assisting music researchers with importing, preprocessing, analyzing, and visualizing video, audio, and motion capture data in a coherent manner within Matlab.
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)The paper presents results from an experiment in which 91 subjects stood still on the floor for 6 minutes, with the first 3 minutes in silence, followed by 3 minutes with mu- sic. The head motion of the subjects was captured ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)How do artists use copyright to further their creative ends? To approach this question, this article focuses on the relationship between artists’ appropriation of digital technology and exertion of their rights. In particular, ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2010)The “PoumTchak” pattern is a rhythmic pattern consisting of a continuous alternation between bass drum and hi-hat sounds. It forms the basic rhythmic structure in myriads of dance music tracks. This suggests a connection ...
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(Doctoral dissertation / Doktoravhandling, 2014)This thesis aims to demonstrate that Tchaikovsky’s symphonic style is explicitly contrapuntal. Not only has this aspect of the composer been significantly undervalued in western musicology until today, it would be about ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)This chapter addresses the relationship between repetition and variation in repetitive music. Building on philosopher Gilles Deleuze’s discussion of repetition (Difference and Repetition, 1994), and more particularly on ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)THIS STUDY REPORTS ON AN EXPERIMENT THAT tested whether drummers systematically manipulated not only onset but also duration and/or intensity of strokes in order to achieve different timing styles. Twenty-two professional ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)The term ‘gesture’ has represented a buzzword in the NIME community since the beginning of its conference series. But how often is it actually used, what is it used to describe, and how does its usage here differ from its ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2008)This is a piece originally written by Paul Bekker (1882-1937). It has been translated by Martin Morgenstern and Nanette Nielsen with James Steichen. This piece was originally published in German in Letters to Contemporary ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)Simultaneous handling and synchronisation of data related to music, such as score annotations, MIDI, video, motion descriptors, sensor data, etc. requires special tools due to the diversity of this data. We present a toolbox ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 1984)
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)This paper discusses the need for a framework for describing musical instruments and their design, and discusses some possible elements in such a framework. The framework is meant as an aid in the development of a coherent ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)This paper presents our need for a Gesture Description Interchange Format (GDIF) for storing, retrieving and sharing information about music-related gestures. Ideally, it should be possible to store all sorts of data from ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)In this paper we introduce a hardware platform to proto- type interfaces of demanding sonic interactive systems. We target applications featuring a large array of analog sensors requiring data acquisition and transmission ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2018)Our integrative framework for explaining the enjoyment of sadness associated with music sparked a delightful number (13) of commentaries which challenge, stimulate, strengthen and shape the ideas we initially put forward. ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)In acoustic instruments, sound production relies on the interaction between physical objects. Digital musical instruments, on the other hand, are based on arbitrarily designed action--sound mappings. This paper describes ...