Musical Style Research Articles

Research on the influence mechanism of short video communication effect of furniture brand: Based on ELM model and regression analysis

The elaboration likelihood model (ELM) and regression analysis were used to investigate the impact of furniture brands’ communication strategies on consumer behavior through short video platforms. The work examined a set of representative short videos, analyzing how key features—such as content theme, duration (16-60 seconds), graphics, subtitles, background music, and title style—affected communication effectiveness. The ELM model uncovered the correlation between these video characteristics and the Communication Effect Index (DCI), with statistical significance confirmed by regression. Findings indicated that live broadcasts, graphical presentations, subtitles/topics, upbeat music, and exclamatory titles significantly enhanced communication efficiency. Limitations, including time-period sampling bias, sample size, and item duplication in the ELM application, were also considered. Based on these findings, the research offers optimization suggestions and future directions for furniture enterprises in leveraging short video marketing.

Imagined Musical Geographies in a Global Age: Views from Jodhpur, Istanbul and Buenos Aires, c. 1870–1930

Abstract This collection of papers explores the intellectual history of music in global context during the period between around 1870 and 1930. Following an introduction that discusses the state of the field, each of the three papers presents a case study that explores the intersection between music and global history from diverse perspectives. The first paper discusses a Hindi music treatise published in 1896. By situating this work within multiple ‘significant geographies’, the paper highlights the limitations of ‘global’ approaches that neglect the more immediate musical, social and intellectual environments of their subjects. The second paper analyses the intersection between music and Islamic modernism in the late Ottoman Empire. It argues that a Eurocentric understanding of music history propagated by earlier reformists was succeeded at the end of the nineteenth century by an oppositional narrative that drew on the geopolitical imaginary of pan-Islamism. The final paper discusses the work of the Argentine composer Alberto Williams, particularly in relation to his views on race and national music. The paper demonstrates how contemporary scientific theories such as positivism and Social Darwinism contributed to a narrative of national musical development that created hierarchies of musical genres and excluded Argentine composers of African descent.

Elevator music as a tool for the quantitative characterization of reward.

While certain musical genres and songs are widely popular, there is still large variability in the music that individuals find rewarding or emotional, even among those with a similar musical enculturation. Interestingly, there is one Western genre that is intended to attract minimal attention and evoke a mild emotional response: elevator music. In a series of behavioral experiments, we show that elevator music consistently elicits low pleasure and surprise. Participants reported elevator music as being less pleasurable than music from popular genres, even when participants did not regularly listen to the comparison genre. Participants reported elevator music to be familiar even when they had not explicitly heard the presented song before. Computational and behavioral measures of surprisal showed that elevator music was less surprising, and thus more predictable, than other well-known genres. Elevator music covers of popular songs were rated as less pleasurable, surprising, and arousing than their original counterparts. Finally, we used elevator music as a control for self-selected rewarding songs in a proof-of-concept physiological (electrodermal activity and piloerection) experiment. Our results suggest that elevator music elicits low emotional responses consistently across Western music listeners, making it a unique control stimulus for studying musical novelty, pleasure, and surprise.

The Impact of Different Music Genres on Learning Efficiency in Various Academic Disciplines

This research examines the intricate link between music genres and learning efficiency across diverse academic disciplines, drawing insights from a survey of 404 teenage students aged 12 to 18. It explores demographic factors, study habits, emotional states, and perceived academic impacts, offering a nuanced understanding of music's role in education. The findings highlight diverse preferences, shedding light on the multifaceted relationship between music and learning. The study explores music preferences, including genres and lyrics preferences, as well as participants' study habits, providing valuable insights into music's integration into the learning routine. The results emphasize the need for tailored approaches to accommodate individual preferences and academic requirements, contributing to the global discourse on music's role in education. In conclusion, the research fills a gap in understanding how music genres impact learning efficiency, providing evidence-based recommendations for optimizing learning environments and inspiring future research in music and education with broad global implications.

MUSIC THERAPY AND BACKGROUND MUSIC IN THE PHYSIOTHERAPY OF A PATIENT WITH NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS

Cognitive deterioration and gait balance disturbances are the core symptoms of idiopathic normal pressure patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus – NHP (J. Larson et al, 2021). The manifestations caused by NPH directly foul the patient’s autonomy. Rehabilitation in NPH and supervised physical exercise are important factors to improve patient’s functions (J. Rydja et al, 2021). Music therapy and background music have cognitive, psychosocial, behavioural, and motor benefits for people with neurological disorders. Various forms and genres of music can be engaging, emotional, physical, personal, social, persuasive, and music also promotes synchronization of movement (O. Brancatisano et al., 2020). The process of music therapy intervention was structured and designed according to American Music Therapy Association (2005) in a 3-step process of preparation, implementation, and evaluation. Background music and instrumental and movement music activities were aimed at relaxation and cognitive stimulation in a patient with NPH during physiotherapy. In instrumental activities three music instruments were used, two Orff instruments a tambourine, a rattle, and a plastic string resembling an accordion (made from recycled material) – to improve the range of movements, strength, endurance, and coordination of the upper limb bilaterally and to improve walking motor skills. Furthermore, we selected background music according to the patient’s taste and choice. The music genres in our sessions were electronic music, pop, and relaxing jazz: The music styles were Synth-pop, Ambient, Disco, Eurodance, Dance-pop and Relaxing jazz. A total of 5 music therapy sessions were held within two months. Each session lasted for 60 min. We observed the following changes in the patient: The mechanism of regulation of fine motor movements was affected in his upper arm bilaterally, and communication skills were also improved. The gross motor skills in upper arm improved bilaterally. The walking speed was more pronounced, and his submaximal performance distance was extended. During background music the patient myofascially relaxed – the spasticity began to subside, and music induced psychological and physical well-being on his emotional level.

Early Discourse About Video Game Music in Japan

Japanese video game music has received considerable attention in ludomusicological research, but the broader culture and public perception of game music in Japan has received relatively little scholarly scrutiny. The article addresses this gap by examining how video game music has been conceived as a distinct genre in early Japanese media discourse, namely writings in Japanese gaming magazines and mainstream media from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Drawing upon a constructivist perspective on mediated discourses, the article considers discussions in media as active agents that contribute to the formation of perceptions of the surrounding world. Through this process, media discourse can potentially influence how audiences experience and evaluate video game music as well as how practitioners create music or identify themselves as composers. The data reveals three particularly prominent interconnected categories: (1) game music as children’s music; (2) the conception of game music as transitioning from “background music” to “real music”; and (3) using authorship as a legitimacy marker. Especially the Dragon Quest (1986–) series and its composer, Kōichi Sugiyama (1931–2021), played a prominent role in shaping these categories. While generally presenting game music in a positive light and contributing to a conceptualization of video game music as a distinct genre, all three categories effectively distance game music from its original context within the game. Instead, they incorporate aesthetic judgments, wherein the value of the music is assessed in relation to preexisting musical styles and genres outside the gaming context. Early Japanese discourse thus exhibits a limited comprehension of the audiences and functions of this genre. These observations nevertheless broaden an understanding of the history of game music as well as its public position in Japan and elsewhere.

The Development of Jazz in China and Its Intercultural Influence on Chinese Pop Music, from the 20th Century to the 21st Century

Abstract What is the intercultural significance of jazz for the development of Chinese pop music? The main content of this dissertation is to study and discuss the period when jazz music entered China and how it affects the development of past and present Chinese pop music. In today’s society, intercultural research is ubiquitous. Since the birth of civilization, people from different disciplines and artistic fields have been trying to build cultural bridges.1 China has a long history of culture and music development. With the changes of the times, China’s music civilization has been continuously developed and changed with the replacement of various dynasties in the past. In addition, Confucius’s Confucianism has influenced the development of Chinese music and music education. The history of jazz music is not very long, but it has become an indispensable element of today’s social music culture. Perhaps it is because jazz has rich musical style features, such as improvisation and unique jazz scales. In addition, the musical content of its expression is democratic and free. The musical form of Jazz music originated in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it is a combination of African black culture and European white culture. It is a kind of “hybrid” music form that affects the development of Chinese music with deep-rooted civilization, especially some Chinese pop music. The dissertation will study how jazz integrates Chinese music to produce Chinese pop music, as well as the intercultural influence of jazz, and how Jazz affects the pop singers of Chinese pop music.

Ars Antiqua motets in fourteenth-century Italy: liturgical priorities, style and notation in Bodleian, lat. liturg. e. 42

ABSTRACTThe motets in the fourteenth-century liturgical manuscript Oxford, Bodleian, lat. liturg. e. 42 have, despite some sidelong glances, not been the subject of any concentrated study since F. Alberto Gallo introduced them in 1970. This article proposes a date for the copying of these motets in the first few decades of the fourteenth century and demonstrates that they have much to add to ongoing debates about stylistic and notational change between the Ars Antiqua and Ars Nova styles. First, they underline the importance of considering polyphony within the context of the whole book that transmits it: e. 42's motets work together with its monophonic chant to emphasise a set of feasts which were particularly important for the compilers of this manuscript within their institutional context. Second, these motets act as an important reminder that narratives of fourteenth-century stylistic change must be heterogeneous: the wide-ranging mix of musical styles found in the motets of e. 42 add to an emerging picture of early fourteenth-century Ars Antiqua collections in which such stylistic eclecticism is a common feature. Third, e. 42's notation and its connections to that of other manuscripts enrich and complicate narratives of notational change in this period. Parallels for e. 42's ligature use can be found in a temporally and geographically diverse set of manuscripts. Its notation of semibreves, however, resembles that of a smaller group of manuscripts from the early fourteenth century and provides an important witness for the changes to semibreve rhythm at that time.

Lyrical And Musical Genres in Goran's Poems

This research is entitled: (Lyric and melody, Genres in Goran's Poems) which is a new look at two aspects, namely (genre, external and internal music of Goran's poems). It attempts to present the genre in all its details and characteristics, on the other hand, to determine it according to the characteristics of the lyrical genres of Goran's poems. Because lyrical genres are related to many aspects such as hymns, songs, poems, etc. Therefore, an attempt has been made to explain the aspects that are directly related to lyricism and create mutual influences and reactions. Therefore, "Outer and Inner Music in Goran's Poems" will be part of this research. The research was conducted according to the method (descriptive_analytical), which explains the lyricism of Goran in terms of genres and at the same time interprets the outer and inner melody of the poet's poems. This paper consists of an introduction, two parts, conclusions and a list of sources.

梆子腔音乐风格背景下的剧种渊源关系考

The origin and circulation of Clapper Opera have different opinions, and most of the previous literature has ignored the role of music in the process of the spread of Clapper Opera. This paper proposes: The formation of Banqiang marks the formation of the Clapper Opera, and explores the relationship between similarities and differences by using the existing musical style factors of the Clapper opera, including dialects and Taoism, plate, singing melody, scale mode and accompaniment forms, and finds out the origin relationship between the Clapper Opera operas under the background of musical styles, thus adding new clues to the transmission of the Clapper Opera. It provides the basis for the spread and evolution of the Clapper Operas.

霍洛维茨二次改编曲中的真实性偏离与个性化风格研究

The evolution of music performance styles in the 20th century gave rise to trends stemming from RMP, MSP, and HIP. Within this evolution, certain performers exhibited distinctive and personalized style choices. Using Horowitz’s reimagined version of Liszt’s Danse Macabre as a case study in piano music, the author delves into aspects such as the composer's departure from authenticity, the extreme manifestation of personal style, the dichotomy in self-expression and evaluation. By examining his departure from the conventional MSP and HIP styles, along with the intense expression of his unique style, the exploration culminates in an examination of the controversy surrounding these expressions in performance practice, ultimately shaping Horowitz's music performance style preferences.

Music Genre Classification Using K-Nearest Neighbor and Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients

Music genre classification plays a pivotal role in organizing and accessing vast music collections, enhancing user experiences, and enabling efficient music recommendation systems. This study focuses on employing the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm in conjunction with Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs) for accurate music genre classification. MFCCs extract essential spectral features from audio signals, which serve as robust representations of music characteristics. The proposed approach achieves a commendable classification accuracy of 80%, showcasing the effectiveness of KNN-MFCC fusion. Nevertheless, the challenge of overlapping genres, particularly rock and country, demands special attention due to their shared acoustic attributes. The inherent similarities between these genres often lead to misclassification, hampering accuracy. To address this issue, an enhanced feature engineering strategy is devised, leveraging deeper insights into the subtle nuances that differentiate rock and country music. Additionally, a refined KNN distance metric and neighbor selection mechanism are introduced to further refine classification decisions. Experimental results underscore the effectiveness of the refined approach in mitigating genre overlap issues, significantly enhancing classification accuracy for rock and country genres. This study contributes to the advancement of music genre classification techniques, offering an innovative solution for handling overlapping genres and demonstrating the potential of KNN-MFCC synergy in achieving accurate and refined genre classification.

The Perspectives On Piano Teaching Strategies At Qingdao Art School in Shandong Province

Background and Aim: Qingdao Art School is implementing a holistic piano education approach, combining traditional and modern techniques to prepare students for the evolving musical world and develop diverse skills. Materials and Methods: This study aimed to survey teacher’s perspectives on piano teaching strategies at Qingdao Art School. This study used qualitative research methodology, including semi-structured interviews with piano teachers at Qingdao Art School, to understand their teaching methods. Key areas of focus included pedagogical approaches, experiences with different strategies, challenges faced, and perspectives on effectiveness. The interview guideline was used to gather in-depth insights, with eight questions posed to experts. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, with essential analysis steps including thematic coding, theme grouping, direct interpretation, and data presentation. Results: The text provides a comprehensive guide to teaching music theory, focusing on various pedagogical approaches. It suggests blended learning, collaborative projects, improvisational techniques, diverse musical genres, and gamification for accessibility. Challenges in teaching include adaptive teaching strategies, personalized music selection, practice routines, classroom community building, and integrating new technologies. Methods are promoted through active learning, digital resources, and flexible scheduling. Technology integration is highlighted, with music software, virtual performances, and AR/VR tools. Professional development opportunities are discussed, and student engagement and motivation are discussed. Evaluation and feedback are also discussed, considering technical skills and musical expression. Conclusion: The text offers a comprehensive guide to teaching music theory, highlighting various pedagogical approaches and challenges, while promoting active learning, digital resources, and technology integration.

Coke Studio: Adaptation of Folk Songs for Bridging Cultural and Generation Gap

Coke Studio (CS, Pakistan) showcases a fusion of various musical genres, from traditional classical, folk, Sufi, ghazal, and qawwali to contemporary hip-hop, rock, and pop. This study explores the adaptation of folk songs within CS through Cardwell's 'meta-text' theory (2002), contending that the essence of the original text is retained in subsequent adaptations. Additionally, it examines the rhizome-like nature of these adaptations. Employing multimodality, the study analyzes folk songs from Coke Studio Season 10, utilizing auditory, visual, and spatial elements to create a cohesive artifact with broad semiotic appeal in today's globalized world. CS's immense popularity underscores its ability to balance aesthetic concerns with technological advancements. Furthermore, the study positions CS as a platform for rediscovering, reforming, and sustaining cultural heritage, catering to the new generation. By blending traditional folk with rock elements and appealing to audiences of all ages, CS bridges the gap between generations, fostering a 'third space' music as proposed by Bhabha (1994). This music is now intertwined with contemporary youth culture, contributing to the emergence of a new national identity. Thus, the adaptations of folk songs in Coke Studio serve as a contemporary reinterpretation of history and cultural heritage, connecting youth with their past while grounding them in the present.

Classification of music genre using support vector machine and convolutional neural network

Music is an art of combining rhythms, melodies, harmony, and form and also an art of expressing content. Almost all people in this world love Music. This depends on the person and what type of Music he likes to listen to. Either it will be Classical, melodious rock Hip-hop, or some other class of genre. The task of classifying music files based on genre is extremely difficult, especially in the area of MIR (Music Information Retrieval). The approach involves deep learning, where CNN and SVM models are trained end-to-end using a spectrogram to classify a signal's genre label. Every person has a different choice. In this paper, a set of Music is classified into different types of genres with the help of machine learning. A set of 1000 audio files containing 10 types of genres, with 100 audio files each has been taken. The audio features have been extracted using the Spectral roll-off, Chroma features, and zero Crossing Rate. Then, the model was predicted using different algorithms like Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). After the model is predicted using the algorithms, CNN outperformed SVM and gave an accuracy of 96.2%.

Effects of Electronic Dance Music on Academic Performance among Medical Students: A Narrative Review

Music always influences how a person thinks and communicates with others. Research on the relationship between music and education has been growing for several years. Some scholars suggest that listening to music may improve cognitive capabilities, while others believe that it may slow down complicated brain processes. Electronic dance music (EDM) is a subgenre of electronic music originally composed for use in bars, clubs and other venues that include dance-based amusement. Some scholars argue that EDM is a music style that benefits our brain activities, particularly their cognitive aspects. However, the use of EDM to enhance academic performance among students is still not widely practised globally. Furthermore, research on EDM usage among medical students is rarely conducted. Hence, this study aims to investigate EDM as a learning tool and discover whether it is helpful in improving medical students’ academic achievement and overall growth. The study consists of a narrative review conducted according to the Scale for the Assessment of Narrative Review Articles (SANRA). Literature searches were performed in the databases of PubMed, ResearchGate, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar for the period between September 2012 and November 2022. The review revealed limited research on the use of EDM as an instrument to enhance academic performance among medical students. However, existing studies suggest that EDM may have cognitive benefits and positively influence brain activities, particularly in the cognitive domain. Although EDM is commonly associated with leisure and entertainment settings, its potential for learning remains underexplored in the context of medical education.

Genres Classification of Popular Songs Listening by Using Keras

Listening to the music affects the brain in ways which might help to promote the human health and arrange various diseases symptoms. Music is a phenomenon that is intertwined at every stage of human life. In the modern era music is shaped by the combination of an incredible number of genres, some of which are contemporary, and some come from the previous times. The music genre represents a collection of musical works that develop according to a certain shape, expression and technique. The music genre of interest varies from person to person in society. Most listeners today do not know what kind of music they listen to. In this study, sound features were extracted from music data and the Keras model was trained using these attributes. The correct classification rate of a music genre of the trained model was determined as 71.66%. Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC), Mel Spectrogram, Chroma Vector and Tonnetz methods in the Librosa library were used to extract sound properties from music data. Using the features probed by means of the library, the most listened songs with Shazam in Türkiye were categorized in with TensorFlow/Keras. Many methods can be used in classification. It is uncertain which method the researchers should opt. It has been emphasized that classification of the genres of newly released songs by using Keras in this study. At result, it is said that the study has presented a sound processing are Keras classification of musical parts.

The Role of detection Algorithm in Tracking Techniques with the help of Deep Learning for an Enhanced user Experience

The drum set is a prominent instrument in a variety of music genres including pop, rock, and jazz. However, it costs money and space to get from nothing to purchasing a kit. The objective of these studies is to enable drummers to hone their skills, at least blithely, without a full set of drums and to expedite the initiation of drummers to their drumming experiences without incurring any costs. Drums do not fit inside a single bag, making them more difficult to travel than other instruments. We propose a virtual drum prototype that enables air-drumming using just two sticks, a computer equipped with a camera, and readily available markers that resemble the drumstick tips, such colourful papers. The detection algorithm combines tracking techniques with deep learning technology for an enhanced user experience. This was done using the Python-based OpenCV, as well as the concept of color-based blob recognition was used to find the markers. The capacity to function as a USB controller and MIDI controllers as well as the possibility for further development as a released program have all been shown by this prototype. Results from experiments show how useful and successful this method is for producing a lifelike and immersive virtual drumming experience.

Lusheng’s Preservation and Transmission of Knowledge in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China

The study on the preservation and transmission of Lusheng knowledge in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China, yields important findings. It begins by detailing the traditional 6-pipe Lusheng’s production process, stressing its employment on numerous cultural occasions but its limited applicability for solo performances owing to its narrow tonal range. Throughout, regional differences in Lusheng scale configurations contribute to a variety of musical styles. Mr. Dong Dan Gan is a key figure in the growth of Lusheng instruments. It starts with the 8-pipe Lusheng, then moves on to the 11-pipe version, which expands tonal potential. Subsequent variations, such as the 12-pipe, 13-pipe, 14-pipe, 16-pipe, 19-pipe, and ground-breaking 18-pipe, 21-tone Lusheng, increased adaptability and melodic possibilities even more. Moreover, Lusheng has a wider tone range. These advancements accommodate varied musical traditions and help to preserve and disseminate Lusheng knowledge, strengthening the cultural legacy. And efforts have enhanced Lusheng music greatly, aiding its transmission and cultural continuation.

Music Genre Classification

Music Genre Classification