Theory Of Harmony Research Articles

Musical Color Harmony: Application of the Principles of Musical Harmony to Produce Color Hue Sets

Abstract Aesthetic response to the visual harmony of color combinations is a very personal and widely differing subjective experience. To the contrary, musical harmony - consonance and dissonance - are mathematically defined and certain combinations of notes exhibit near universal aesthetic agreement across the globe. Although numerous metaphysicians, philosophers, scientists, poets, artists, and musicians have speculated on the existence of a relationship between color and music for over 2000 years, the establishment of a correlation between color and musical harmony has been elusive. The author describes a framework, Musical Color Hue Harmony (MCHH), initially developed for video display systems, that correlates musical and color harmonic consonance and dissonance by applying the physics of aural harmonic resonance and theories of musical harmony to produce sets of “harmonious” color hues based on the mathematically defined frequency relationships between two or more musical pitches. The methodology is applicable to any musical tuning system and any color hue wheel configuration. Color attributes of brightness/luminance and saturation/chroma are presently beyond the scope of the framework.

Legal Challenges through the Theory of Harmony of Labor and Capital Interests

This article explores the relationship between labor and capital interests through the lens of Frederick Winslow Taylor’s scientific management theory and Georgian legal frameworks. It examines how harmonizing these interests can address organizational conflicts and enhance labor efficiency and capital growth. The concept of “interest” plays a critical role in this analysis. In a broader sense, interest reflects an individual’s motivation and engagement with various subjects, shaped by their legal, social and economic context. Interest pertains to production relationships and the distribution of resources, influencing how labor and capital interact within a corporate setting. Optimizing work processes can align employee and employer goals, fostering a more equitable distribution of wealth. The analysis highlights the role of interest in legal contexts and the importance of compliance in managing conflicts. Organizations can improve governance and achieve a balanced, productive work environment by integrating scientific management with fiduciary duties and ethical practices.

Markets and Public Goods: Integrity, Trust, and Climate Change

Public goods are an anomaly in neoclassical economics, a form of ‘market failure’. They exist outside the efficient and equitable optimality of market exchange. It can be shown however that competitive markets are only efficient in short product cycles. Long-term objectives require social support. Corruption arises from the consequent private public interaction. Integrity, the absence of corruption, is a public good. Corruption has risen since the 1980s with privatization and outsourcing. How did European governments become honest in the first place? In the century after the 1770s, they moved from regarding public office as a form of private property to a conception of serving the public good. This integrity revolution was facilitated by Weberian bureaucracies, selected by academic merit and committed to impartiality by long-term incentives. The neoliberal revolution of the 1980s regarded bureaucracies as obstructive and slow. It admired the business corporation with its opaque procedures and charismatic leadership. Concurrently economics moved from neoclassical harmony theory to an asymmetric information model of ‘opportunism with guile’, providing doctrinal legitimacy for corruption. Corporate advertising is deliberately deceptive, and undermines the public good of trustworthiness. Digital platforms, powered by advertising, have subverted public discourse. Misinformation and disinformation have become prime risk factors for current societies. The practical operation of markets undermines the public goods of integrity and trustworthiness. The public good of a habitable climate cannot be achieved by market methods. For long-term payoffs, ‘free markets’ are a harmful delusion, inefficient, corrupt, impossible to achieve, and not sustainable.

Schönberg-Rezeption in Japan vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg: eine Diskursanalyse um Schönbergs Harmonielehre

The compositional reception of the twelve-tone technique started in Japan only around 1950. However, on an aesthetic as well as a literary level, Schönberg’s music and especially his Harmonielehre had been considered in Japan for several decades. This article explores that phase by analyzing Japanese pre-war music journals, demonstrating the aesthetic and theoretical reception of twelve-tone music in Japan before the start of its compositional reception. Schönberg’s Theory of Harmony was received very selectively in the circle of the New Composers’ Society in early 1930s Japan, as the composer Shūkichi Mitsukuri advocated Schönberg’s quartal harmony (and the music of Ravel and Debussy) as a model for a genuinely Japanese harmony, while functional harmonic systems were still dominant at the Tokyo Music Academy, where Klaus Pringsheim taught until 1937.

A new model of modern industrial colleges in application-oriented universities, based on the theory of harmony and symbiosis

A new model of modern industrial colleges in application-oriented universities, based on the theory of harmony and symbiosis

An AIGC-empowered methodology to product color matching design

With the emergence of various generative AI applications, artificial intelligence-generated content (AIGC) demonstrates positive potential for design activities. However, few scholars have proposed a practical AIGC-based design methodology. This paper introduces an AIGC-empowered methodology for product color-matching design. ChatGPT generates target imageries describing the design features, and Midjourney constructs a shape sample database based on these imageries, identifying representative shapes through consumer perceptual questionnaires. Meanwhile, three Midjourney-based color image generation methods are proposed to generate color images that match the target imageries, and an application is developed to extract the dominant colors from these images. Finally, based on the color harmony theory, the optimal color combinations are derived from the extracted dominant colors and applied to the representative shape to generate color-matching alternatives. AHP-based expert evaluation (Evaluation_1) and consumer perceptual evaluation (Evaluation_2) are employed to ascertain the optimal design solution. This paper uses the household vacuum cleaner as an example to demonstrate the proposed color-matching methodology. Consistent evaluation results are obtained, supported by a significant Pearson correlation coefficient. Research findings suggest that AIGC has the potential to revolutionize traditional product color-matching design. Additionally, the methodology highlights the collaborative potential between generative AIs and conventional computer-aided design tools.

From Western to The Eastern Countries, then to Indonesia: A Scoping Review of Family Harmony Theories and Research

Purposes: The research questions of this research were 1) How was the development of family harmony theory? and 2) How were the researches on family harmony in Indonesia? Methods: This study uses Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews for Protocols 2015 (PRISMA-P 2015) as a guideline. Search strategy in this study employs eight electronic databases resources, namely: Garuda Ristekdikti, Sage, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, Springerlink, ERIC, Emerald and psycINFO. The analyzed data were 56 articles which met the data eligibility. Result: First, research on family harmony began on 1980 with Moose and Moose theory regarding environmental family, then relational theory and family strength in the west then it was developed in the east. The concept of family harmony emerged with different determinants depending on the research context. Second, based on qualitative studies in Indonesia, found that family harmony have different definition, and determinants from another cultures. Beside, the quantitative research about family harmony in Indonesia are correlation methods with another variabels and need to development research about family harmony with indigenous determinant in Indonesian context. Application/Value/Originality: Family harmony concept in west and east cultures have different definition and determinants.

Chromatic Function in Schoenberg’s Little Piano Piece, op. 19, no. 1

The revival of Formenlehre studies has initiated a renewed interest in formal functions in atonal music. Schoenberg, who pioneered the study of formal functions, did not extensively analyze his atonal music from a formal point of view. Recent scholars, however, have drawn parallels between the formal construction of his atonal music and common-practice tonal music. One impediment to such analysis is the lack of a theory of counterpoint and harmony upon which formal-functional analysis rests. I propose a normative contrapuntal-harmonic structure for Schoenberg’s atonal music I call the “chromatic cadence.” I trace its origins to voice-leading techniques used by Schoenberg in his earlier tonal music and develop fundamental principles that guide the analysis and identification of the cadence in his atonal music. I conclude with a detailed analysis of Schoenberg’s piano piece, op. 19, no. 1, in which I examine the interrelationship of its motivic construction, contrapuntal-harmonic structure, and its formal functions.

From photographic images to hierarchical networks―Color associations of a traditional Chinese garden

AbstractThe complexity of the environment and the richness of landscape color make it difficult to objectively measure color in gardens. However, with the use of machine vision and image processing algorithms, it is now possible to accurately quantify the colors of the built environment through photo recognition, classification, enhancement, and segmentation. This approach can produce correlation intensity charts and hierarchical networks that illustrate theme colors and their associations. To explore this methodology, we have selected Beijing Xiangshan Temple―a traditional Chinese garden and temple with rich landscape colors―as the research object. Using a combination of machine vision image processing technology and color clustering algorithms, we aim to establish a landscape color analysis model based on the Munsell color system and color harmony theory. Ultimately, this will provide a quantifiable and objective reference basis for the design and repair of temple garden colors, with a view to achieving the inheritance and development of classical gardens.

Perception of Color in Architecture and Urban Space

The various colors and color combinations in an urban environment are perceived and experienced individually. The article indicates the important role of color in shaping architecture and urban space. The paper discusses the theories of color harmony as an aesthetic principle in architectural design. The results of the research have proven the significant role of color as an element of the composition of urban space affecting the observer. This translates into the importance of color in architectural design, taking into account the difficulty and ambiguity in predicting color aesthetics; the impact of color on humans; and its cognitive, emotional and behavioral effects. The information and conclusions obtained as a result of the literature studies and the results of the survey gave the basis for determining various color strategies in shaping architecture and the effects that we can achieve in urban space thanks to a well-thought-out, conscious use of colors. The research findings also indicate that it is necessary to supplement architectural education programs with broadly understood knowledge about color and its impact on humans. The implemented activities are a response to current ideas and directions in designing and teaching architectural design outlined and suggested as part of the New European Bauhaus initiative.

An Approach for Measuring Complexity Degree of International Engineering Projects

With the increasing trend of globalization, countries actively join the international engineering market, increasing the complexity of projects. An appropriate method for assessing project complexity can help project managers recognize the current situation and solve problems. However, existing complexity studies ignored the contribution of human element. The impact of human activities on the complexity of socio-economic systems is concerned in the Harmony Management Theory (HMT), therefore, this study proposed a complexity measurement based on the Harmony Management Theory. Firstly, an evaluation indicator system including three dimensions of organizational, technological, and environmental complexity is proposed through a literature review, Back-Propagation Neural Network-Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (BP-DEMATEL) method, and Interval-valued intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets (IIFS) are used to calculate complexity scores. Then, a case study of Yawan high-speed railway project is conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) The complexity measurement based on harmony theory can be carried out from three aspects: Organization, technology, and environment. (2) The overall complexity performance of case project is 0.52, showing a medium level. (3) Technical complexity is the most important factor of the case project. The method proposed in this study can identify the influencing factors of complexity and calculate the comprehensive evaluation value of complexity. Based on the final quantified results, managers can formulate appropriate measures and match the project with appropriate resources so as to improve the performance of International Engineering Projects (IEPs).

A Regional Water Resource Allocation Model Based on the Human–Water Harmony Theory in the Yellow River Basin

Considering the issues of water scarcity, water environment deterioration, and unreasonable allocation of water resources in the urban area of the Yellow River Basin, this paper introduces the human–water harmony theory to the allocation of regional water resources. Based on an analysis of the structural characteristics of the regional water resource system, the harmonious water resource allocation (HWRA) model—which includes three sub-systems (i.e., the water service system, ecological environmental system, and economic and social system)—is established. In addition, considering the uncertain factors in the HWRA model, the inexact fuzzy multi-objective programming (IFMOP) method is used to solve the model, aiming at achieving the minimum amount of regional water scarcity, the minimum amount of sewage discharge, and the maximum total economic benefit. A case study of water resource allocation of Binzhou, a city located in the Yellow River Basin, is conducted to validate the model. The model solution results show that the water resource system in Binzhou in 2025 and 2035 could be optimized after harmonious allocation, especially in terms of the water service and ecological environmental systems. Compared with the optimal water resource allocation (OWRA) model, the HWRA model has a more scientific water supply structure, and a smaller amount of sewage discharge. The HWRA model solves the variables using an interval number, so it can flexibly and scientifically reflect the decision-making process.

A Preliminary Analysis of Sang Tong’s Composition: ‘The Vocal Works’

Sang Tong (1923-2011), a well-known composer had made great contributions to the development of Chinese music culture. He combined western traditional and modern harmony techniques with Chinese music theory and musical forms to build a harmony theoretical system with Chinese characteristics. His most representative work, ‘The Theory and Application of Harmoniousness, is widely applied in Chinese professional music teaching and has laid a solid foundation for the development of Chinese music theory. Although he has provided an extensive contribution to the modern Chinese musicology, little research is devoted to understanding his music compositions, especially from the perspective of piano coaching. Hence, this study is designed to provide an analysis of Sang Tong’s eleven compositions of ‘The Vocal Works’ from the piano coaching perspective. This study employed a qualitative research design focusing on the analysis and interpretation of musical contents of eleven works of Sang Tong based on the digital resources in the form of audio and video recordings. The findings revealed that his compositions comprised of varieties of genres and styles ranging from Chinese national-style to ancient and modern poem art songs that include the elements of nature, mountain, labour, nationalism and the ethnic minority's tones. The lyrics used are more connotative and closely integrated with artistic and literary qualities. The piano accompaniment part of Sang Tong's vocal work has rich expressiveness in the prelude, interlude, and end, which are closely related to the theme of the music and vividly set off the artistic conception of the music. He often combine traditional Chinese harmony with western modern music harmony theory in his compositions that set a precedent in the Chinese musicology. The findings of this study anticipated to fill the research gaps regarding the contribution of Sang Tong to modern Chinese music and therefore warrant more studies to investigate different aspects of his compositions as well as promote the development of music culture in the Asian context.

Critical behavior and the Kibble-Zurek mechanism in a musical phase transition.

We investigate the critical phenomena emerging from a statistical mechanics model of musical harmony on a three-dimensional (3D) lattice, and the resulting structure of the ordered phase. In this model, each lattice site represents a tone, with nearest neighbors interacting via the perception of dissonance between them. With dissonance assumed to be an octave-wise periodic function of pitch difference, this model is a 3D XY system with the same symmetry and dimensionality as superfluid helium and models of the cosmological axion field. We use numerical simulation to observe a phase transition from disordered sound to ordered arrangements of musical pitches as a parameter analogous to the temperature is quenched towards zero. We observe the divergence of correlation length and relaxation time at the phase boundary, consistent with the critical exponents in similar systems. Furthermore, the quenched low-temperature phase of these systems displays topological defects in the form of vortex strings that thread throughout the system volume. We observe the formation of these vortex strings in accordance with the Kibble-Zurek mechanism, and discuss the structure of these vortex strings in the context of the theory of musical harmony, finding both similarities to established music theory, and uncovering new avenues to explore.

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Mediation discourses: the process of formation in the scientific environment

The development of society requires permanent links between the State and civil society. This is a form of ongoing dialogue that ensures effective cooperation with civil society institutions. Proceeding from this, the constant search for new methods of mediation is relevant not only to resolve contradictions, but also to reduce them in the conditions of increasing globalization processes. Structuring mediation procedures that meet modern requirements, corresponding to the mental and socio-cultural specifics of civil society, requires a comprehensive study of theoretical and practical foundations. In this regard, there is a need for an information review of mediation in the scientific and academic environment, foreign discourses. In this article, a terminological analysis of the concept of "mediation" is carried out and it is established that the ambiguity of translation work leads to misunderstanding in the conceptual and categorical apparatus. In addition, analyzing the definitions of mediation given by international organizations and scientists, the authors classified the parameters and components indicating its nature. A series of theoretical models of mediation is systematized into a general structure by comparing the research methods of several scientists. The scope of the term "mediation" in the Kazakh-speaking scientific and social environment and its distinctive specificity from foreign experience are considered as the specifics of the article. The presented article is a necessary material for young applicants studying the institution of biys, the theory of social and social harmony in Kazakh philosophy, the culture of constructive conflict resolution.

A Mindset for Communication for End of Life Care.

This communication model attempts to reconcile the unknowingness of death, with a deeper inner knowingness that supports End of Life patients in an empowered way, through a mindset that models both oneness and presence with the death and dying experience. Through 23years of experienced EOL care, I feel it seems necessary to rethink the very one-dimensional idea of dying and to create a space for a multidimensional experience. This model of communication and perspective-taking, offers my patients an opportunity for a secure connection to their own inner resources of knowing how to die. As our bodies are each equipped in our own unique way to do it perfectly, as the return of self, from the experience of being. This communication model also includes perspectives and narratives that attempt to make communication and care in the EOL experience more effortless and intuitive for the provider. Further, the model explains and illustrates why perspectives matter, as they impact connection in the relationship of the provider to the patient and includes a multidimensional perspective to question our own perceptions of death as providers. This model also includes the theory of balance and harmony. As it relates to the relativity of the experience of self, through the connection of communication and perspectives, as the exchange of information that occurs in the relationship between providers and patients. This information as a model represents a new awareness approach in the field of EOL care. It's based on 23years of EOL experience and is supported through research and a fundamental theory of our reality, which intuitively and logically approaches relativity in our human connection to our patients as providers.

Modulation Mining—Computer-Aided Exploration of Functional Chord Forms

The different labelling systems defined by the functional theories of harmony have been developed from about 1870 to 1950, without the help of computers. The complexity of harmonic labels spans from pure triads over added characteristic dissonances, over alterations of the fifth, up to non-chord notes like suspensions. Computer-based evaluation of functional label expressions shows that thereby their cardinality increases up to several thousands. For this, we present the basic theory, a concrete program implemented in Prolog, and some empirical results. The software is capable of analysing historic published analyses by inductively collecting all appearing labels, as well as theories as such, where the set of labels is given deductively, by regular expressions. A major application is the mining for possible modulation chords, i.e. different functional labels which result in (enharmonically) the same pitch classes. That this strategy had actually been applied by composers manually is explained by significant examples from the Romantic period.

Evaluation of Adaptive Utilization Capacity of Water Resources and Analysis of Driving Element: A Case Study of Tarim River Basin

The research on the adaptive utilization of water resources (AUWR) is of great significance to improve the coordinated development among water resources, economic society, and ecological environment in complex environments, and to promote the development of adaptive utilization of regional water resources. Based on the calculation method of harmony theory and the calculation method of the comprehensive co-evolution model, this paper obtains the harmony degree and adaptive utilization capacity of water resources (AUCWR) of each subsystem in the Tarim River Basin (TRB), analyzes the main factors affecting the AUCWR, and finally compares the two methods. The results show that: (1) From 2004 to 2018, the AUCWR in the TRB has gradually improved (harmony theory method: from 0.43 in 2004 to 0.56 in 2018, with a growth rate of 30.23%; comprehensive co-evolution model method: from 0.37 in 2004 to 0.62 in 2018, with a significant increase of 67.57%) and (2) From the perspective of indicators, indicators such as per capita GDP, the proportion of non-agricultural output value in GDP, and per capita net income of rural residents have a greater impact on the AUCWR in the TRB. Using different calculation methods to analyze the temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of the AUCWR in the TRB has important guiding significance for the future development and utilization of water resources, economic and social development, and ecological environment protection.

CULTURAL ADAPTATION STRATEGIES OF THE BALI HINDU COMMUNITY WITHIN THE MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY IN PATOMAN, BANYUWANGI

This study aims to reveal the underlying values, forms, and implications of the cultural adaptation strategies of the Bali Hindu community within the multicultural society in Patoman, Banyuwangi. The research was conducted qualitatively with an ethnographic approach based on the theory of cultural adaptation and social harmony. This study finds that the values that underlie the cultural adaptation strategy of the Bali Hindu community within the multicultural society in Patoman include Tri Hita Karana, Tat Tvam Asi, Manyama Braya, and Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. Forms of cultural adaptation strategy include strengthening socio-cultural and religious identities internally and developing external consolidation by mediating seven universal categories of culture in their social interactions. The implications of the cultural adaptation strategy include the formation of a “Bali Patoman Village” with a distinctive cultural and religious identity, the maintenance of social harmony in a pluralistic society, and the affirmation of a multicultural society structure marked by the coronation of Patoman Village as a “Kampung Pancasila”.