Music Games Research Articles

The Implementation of Birdsong: A Non-Pharmacological Intervention for Persons With Dementia

Birdsong is a person-centered, nonpharmacological intervention for people with dementia. Using a touch-screen tablet, residents with dementia are stimulated with content customized based on individual interests such as sports, videos, music or brain games. The increased stimulation is expected to redirect negative behaviors, decrease the use of anti-psychotic medications and increase positive emotions. Birdsong is being implemented in a 100% Medicaid funded, long-term care facility. Two 10-week experimental design studies were implemented with 39 residents. Preliminary findings suggest a lack of independence with the tablets among the residents, but positive stimulation of emotions and redirection of negative behaviors with assistance of staff or volunteers. A team of practitioners, faculty and student researchers continue to examine the intervention, its implementation and effects on this population by examining the Minimum Data Set (MDS data) and observations of the residents as they utilize Birdsong.

Mythology in folklore and its features

In the article, folk art - artistic, creative-practical and amateur activity of the masses; folklore, folk music (folklore), folk theater (performing arts), folk dances (dances), puppetry, wood and wooden foot games (folk circus), folk fine and applied arts of traditional material and intangible culture information and examples of art and technical and artistic hobbies

Teaching Music from the Perspective of First, Second and Third Grade Students of Primary School

This article examines the preferences of first, second, and third grade primary school students towards activities carried out in music teaching. The results of the research showed that in music teaching, singing activities are most commonly performed, and students prefer to participate in musical games. The results also showed that there were significant differences in students’ responses to their satisfaction with playing Orff instruments and musical creativity activities according to their age.

Predictors of Performance on the Arthrobox Arthroscopy Simulator for Medical Students

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of past participation in athletics, the playing of musical instruments and video games and other variables on medical students’ performance on an arthroscopic simulator task as well as other assessments of visuospatial ability.MethodsWe assessed 50 medical students by using previously validated tests of manual dexterity and spatial reasoning as well as performance on an arthroscopic surgical simulator. Inclusion criteria were to be 18 years of age or older and to be a student studying in the M.D. program at a single public state university. Exclusion criteria were previous use of an arthroscopic surgery training device or active participation in an actual arthroscopic surgery, defined as participating as a surgeon, resident trainee, physician’s assistant, or other similarly credentialed professional. Students were also assessed by the use of a high-fidelity ultrasound simulator as a marker of visuospatial capacity. Students were then surveyed about lifestyle characteristics and personal attributes hypothesized to predict surgical skill, such as playing sports, instruments or video games.ResultsA total of 49 participants were included in this study. High levels of athletic experience were significantly associated with improved performance on the arthroscopic surgical simulator (P = .008). Participants with higher levels of athletic experience were more likely to achieve competence on the arthroscopic surgical simulator (P = .006). Scores on the arthroscopic simulator task were significantly correlated with both ultrasound simulator shape-identification task scores and masked mirror-tracing task scores, as independent measures of visuospatial ability (P = .015 and P = .013, respectively).ConclusionsThis study provides evidence of a statistically significant correlation between increased experience in athletics and single-use test performance on an arthroscopic surgical simulator. Subjects who reported higher levels of experience in athletics were significantly more likely to achieve competence in the arthroscopic surgical simulator task. Finally, statistically significant correlations were found between subjects’ performance scores on tasks assessed by the surgical simulator, masked mirror-trace assessment and ultrasound simulator.Clinical RelevanceSimulator-based training and education allow for the development of arthroscopic skills prior to operating on a live patient in a clinical situation. This is an area of great interest in orthopaedic education. Our study evaluates parameters in a trainee that may relate to a higher performance level in technical skills on an arthroscopic surgical simulator.

Musical orientation in virtual space: videogame score and the spatiality of musical style and topic

ABSTRACT Digital geographies and musical geographies are proliferating. This article considers a topic at the intersection of both: videogame music. It argues that, through attention to such music, geographical approaches to videogames, and to music, can be radically expanded. Specifically, it argues that instrumental score, increasingly employed in major videogame franchises, should be subject to greater focus. Close analysis of instrumental score offers new ways of understanding the spatiality of musical style, structure and form. This article illustrates the potential of greater geographical engagement with instrumental music through the case study of the Legend of Zelda: one of the most popular videogame franchises. It concludes by suggesting new directions for research in the geographies of gaming, and in the geographies of music.

Shaping children’s racial bias through interpersonal movement

The early emergence of racial biases points to the urgent need to understand how interpersonal experiences might shape them. We examined whether interpersonal movement shapes racial biases among 4- to 6-year-old Chinese children who had no prior contact with Black people. In Experiment 1 (N = 134), children played a musical game, moving either in or out of synchrony with a Chinese or Black adult. In Experiment 2 (N = 30), children were merely exposed to a Black adult. Across the two experiments, we found that synchronous movement increased children’s feeling of social closeness toward their movement partner to a greater extent than asynchronous movement regardless of the partner’s race. After moving in or out of synchrony with the Chinese adult, synchrony selectively increased children’s explicit positive pro-own-race bias. However, after moving in or out of synchrony with the Black adult, both movement styles reduced explicit anti-other-race bias. Experiment 2 ruled out mere exposure to an other-race person as a driving factor for these effects. Our results suggest that musical engagement may be a promising intervention for reducing negative intergroup biases.

Predictors of Manual Dexterity in Simulation-Based Cataract Surgery

AbstractIntroduction The aim of this study is to determine if prior experience with fine motor hobbies influences a surgeon-in-training's performance on a cataract surgical simulator.Materials and Methods Medical students (n = 70) performed navigation, forceps, and capsulorhexis simulations using the Eyesi Ophthalmosurgical Simulator. Participants were surveyed regarding fine motor hobby experiences, including musical instruments, video games, sewing, knitting, origami, painting, crafting, jewelry making, drawing, and extracurricular dissection.Results Medical students with extracurricular dissection experience, including work in research laboratories involving microscopic animal dissection, did significantly better on the forceps simulator task (p = 0.009). Medical students with drawing experience performed better on capsulorhexis (p = 0.031). No other fine motor hobbies were significant for improving simulator scores.Conclusion Drawing and extracurricular dissection lend to improved technical ability on the cataract surgical simulator. This research continues the conversation regarding fine motor hobbies that correlate with microsurgical ability and adds to the growing area of research regarding the selection and training of ophthalmology residents.

Notes of memories: Fostering social interaction, activity and reminiscence through an interactive music exergame developed for people with dementia and their caregivers

ABSTRACT This paper presents the outcomes of an exploratory study focused on the evaluation of an interactive music exergame for People with Dementia (PwD) and their caregivers. PwD tend to isolate themselves from the outside world, therefore carers need to develop strategies to maintain communication with them. Studies indicate that music–based activities provide an effective way to achieve social interaction with PwD. At the same time, physical activity plays a major role in dementia-related interventions because it can slow down progression and provide meaningful stimulation. Our developed interactive music game bounds these two concerns together; we evaluated the system afterwards regarding its individual and social impact and its integration into the daily routines of both PwD and their caregivers, focusing on its capacity to provide both enjoyment and relief from some of the effects of dementia. Qualitative data collected over 4 months confirmed the valuable impact of music-based interventions of PwD. Of particular note was how PwD used the game to improve or maintain their physical condition while recovering past memories and an interest in social interaction.

Musical activity in speech development of younger preschoolers

Introduction. The relevance of the problem presented in the article is due to the need to develop the speech of younger preschoolers. Of particular importance in solving this problem is the use of reasonably organized musical activity, since the spontaneous development of speech in causes lagging behind modern requirements for accelerated formation of intellect. In this regard, a pedagogical analysis of domestic and foreign approaches to the study of the role of musical activity of preschool was carried out, which showed that a special study of the speech development of younger preschool in the process of musical activity has not been previously conducted. The purpose of the article is to identify the most effective types of musical activity in the speech development of younger preschoolers. Materials and methods. The leading methodological approach to solving the research problem is the activity approach. In the course of the study, the following methods were used: speech therapy examination (auditory attention, speech understanding, vocabulary volume), conversation with parents and caregiver, observation of in natural conditions and during assignments, questioning of parents. Methods were used to assess the understanding of colloquial speech, sound culture, connected speech, the vocabulary of a child, the formation of his speech activity and communication culture: a method for diagnosing the speech development of preschool (F.G. Daskalova), a method for studying the level of speech communication (V.I. Yashin). Particular attention is paid to the educational process according to the principle: I hear – I realize – I reproduce, as well as the role of types of musical activity in the speech development of younger preschoolers. The study was conducted on the basis of Municipal budgetary preschool educational institution Kindergarten No. 215 and Municipal budgetary preschool educational institution Kindergarten No. 426 in Chelyabinsk (the experiment began in September 2017, and the end was in May 2018). Results. The result of the study was the implementation of the author’s program “Musical Activities in the Speech Development of Younger Preschoolers”, which includes musical games, exercises, children's songs, tales with music, playing children's instruments, exercises in vocal sound extraction, imitation of the voices of birds and animals. Discussion and Conclusion. In the course of the study, the most effective types of musical activity in the speech development of younger preschoolers were identified. An analysis of the results of experimental work is presented, confirming the effectiveness of the use in the preschool educational organization of the types of musical activity identified in the research process in the speech development of younger preschoolers. The use of music in the speech development of younger preschoolers helps to achieve more effective results (musical games, round dance songs that are accompanied by movement). Thus, the experiment confirmed that the implementation of the program Musical activity in the speech development of younger preschool children provides a more effective speech development of younger preschool children. Highlights it was proved that the younger preschool age is both a critical and sensitive period of speech formation as a means of communication, which makes it necessary to develop stage speech, auditory attention and musical activity; the types of musical activity that affect the development of speech of younger preschool are characterized; the main indicators and means of speech development of younger preschoolers in the process of musical activity were identified; the influence of musical activity on the development of the general speech culture of younger preschool has been proved; the results of a diagnostic study are presented.

An attempt to unified approach to the evolution of products in the entertainment industry

Aim. We analyze temporal dynamics of entertainment industry including literature,music, fi lms and video games, introducing possible analogies between them. We providea framework for further explanation based on the economic concepts as revenue, organizationstructure and marketing goals in these creative industries for different technologicaleras.Methods. Initially, accurate data collected for time series of weekly record sales areanalyzed from statistical point of view (e.g. networks of artists, record labels and producers).This method may be extended to other parts of entertainment industry in search ofanalogies, under the infl uence of technological revolutions.Results. We provide the statistical properties of the mass art entertainment industry(including value of the markets, seasonality, products life-cycles) and interactions betweenvarious kinds of entertainment (e.g. fi lms might be infl uenced by literature with a delay).We are able to distinguish predigital, digital and postdigital eras.Conclusions. There are many ways of describing and measuring the impact of selectedentertainment industries with the most important as literature, music, fi lms and videogames. However, universal analogies may explain objective properties of entertainmentindustry in general.

Musofun: Joseph Schillinger’s Musical Game between American Music, the Soviet Avant-Garde, and Combinatorics

Musofun: Joseph Schillinger’s Musical Game between American Music, the Soviet Avant-Garde, and Combinatorics

Editorial Introduction

Editorial| January 01 2020 Editorial Introduction Stephen Baysted Stephen Baysted Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Sound and Music in Games (2020) 1 (1): 1. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2020.1.1.1 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Stephen Baysted; Editorial Introduction. Journal of Sound and Music in Games 1 January 2020; 1 (1): 1. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2020.1.1.1 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of Sound and Music in Games Search On behalf of my associate editors and the editorial board, I am extremely delighted to be able to welcome you to the inaugural issue of the world's first journal dedicated to the study of sound and music in games. The journal's objective is to present high-quality research concerning all areas of music and sound in games. It serves a diverse community of readers and authors, encompassing industry practitioners alongside scholars from disciplinary perspectives including anthropology, computer science, media/game studies, philosophy, psychology, and sociology, as well as musicology. As the journal of the Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games, JSMG acts as a lively forum for the presentation and dissemination of knowledge, uniting theory and practice in this domain of musical-sonic activity. My own first encounter with the academic study of video game audio began in 2012. After a decade as a composer and audio director for... You do not currently have access to this content.

The Difficult, Uncomfortable, and Imperative Conversations Needed in Game Music and Sound Studies

Canons—of music, video games, or people—can provide a shared pool of resources for scholars, practitioners, and fans; but the formation of canons can also lead to an obscuring or devaluing of materials and people outside of a canon. The four authors in this colloquy interrogate issues of canons relating to video game music and sound from a variety of perspectives. Each author considers an aspect of canonization and argues for a wider purview. In “Rewritable Memory: Concerts, Canons, and Game Music History,” William Gibbons examines the ways in which concerts of video game music may create canons and reinforce particular historical narratives. In “On Canons as Music and Muse,” Julianne Grasso views the music originally presented in a video game as itself a type of canon and argues that official and fan arrangements of original game music may provide windows into lived experiences of play. In “The Difficult, Uncomfortable, and Imperative Conversations Needed in Game Music and Sound Studies,” Hyeonjin Park highlights issues of diversity and representation in the field of video game music and sound studies, with respect to the people and music that make up the subjects of the field, the people who produce scholarship in the field, and the people who engage with game music and sound. In “Canon Anxiety?” Karen Cook pulls together various issues of academic canons to question the scope, focus, and diversity of the growing field in which the Journal of Sound and Music in Games exists.

Unlimited Replays: Video Games and Classical Music, by William Gibbons

Book Review| January 01 2020 Unlimited Replays: Video Games and Classical Music, by William Gibbons Unlimited Replays: Video Games and Classical Music, by WilliamGibbons. Oxford University Press, 2018, 208 pp, $29.95. Reviewed by JonathanGodsall. Jonathan Godsall Jonathan Godsall Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Sound and Music in Games (2020) 1 (1): 113–115. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2020.1.1.113 Connected Content Commentary: The Problem with Players: A Response to Jonathan Godsall Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Jonathan Godsall; Unlimited Replays: Video Games and Classical Music, by William Gibbons. Journal of Sound and Music in Games 1 January 2020; 1 (1): 113–115. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2020.1.1.113 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of Sound and Music in Games Search Keywords: William Gibbons, Unlimited Replays, classical music, borrowing, player, art, film music, game music, BioShock Unlimited Replays occupies a significant place in game music scholarship. It is the first book devoted to ever-intriguing instances of classical music in video games, and through addressing that topic, it seeks to build a bridge from ludomusicology toward more longstanding fields of enquiry. The author, William Gibbons, is concerned not only with what classical music does in games but also with broader questions of cultural value and meaning. The book's narrative thus privileges cases in which the combination of classical music and video games engages (knowingly or not) with common understandings of those forms as, respectively, “art” and “entertainment.” Within this remit, the range of examples covered is admirably broad, from uses of classical music in video games on conventional systems (new and old, familiar and unfamiliar) to mobile apps that “gamify” classical works. Consideration is also given to the journey of original game music onto classical concert-hall stages... You do not currently have access to this content.

Rewritable Memory: Concerts, Canons, and Game Music History

Canons—of music, video games, or people—can provide a shared pool of resources for scholars, practitioners, and fans; but the formation of canons can also lead to an obscuring or devaluing of materials and people outside of a canon. The four authors in this colloquy interrogate issues of canons relating to video game music and sound from a variety of perspectives. Each author considers an aspect of canonization and argues for a wider purview. In “Rewritable Memory: Concerts, Canons, and Game Music History,” William Gibbons examines the ways in which concerts of video game music may create canons and reinforce particular historical narratives. In “On Canons as Music and Muse,” Julianne Grasso views the music originally presented in a video game as itself a type of canon and argues that official and fan arrangements of original game music may provide windows into lived experiences of play. In “The Difficult, Uncomfortable, and Imperative Conversations Needed in Game Music and Sound Studies,” Hyeonjin Park highlights issues of diversity and representation in the field of video game music and sound studies, with respect to the people and music that make up the subjects of the field, the people who produce scholarship in the field, and the people who engage with game music and sound. In “Canon Anxiety?” Karen Cook pulls together various issues of academic canons to question the scope, focus, and diversity of the growing field in which the Journal of Sound and Music in Games exists.

On Canons as Music and Muse

Canons—of music, video games, or people—can provide a shared pool of resources for scholars, practitioners, and fans; but the formation of canons can also lead to an obscuring or devaluing of materials and people outside of a canon. The four authors in this colloquy interrogate issues of canons relating to video game music and sound from a variety of perspectives. Each author considers an aspect of canonization and argues for a wider purview. In “Rewritable Memory: Concerts, Canons, and Game Music History,” William Gibbons examines the ways in which concerts of video game music may create canons and reinforce particular historical narratives. In “On Canons as Music and Muse,” Julianne Grasso views the music originally presented in a video game as itself a type of canon and argues that official and fan arrangements of original game music may provide windows into lived experiences of play. In “The Difficult, Uncomfortable, and Imperative Conversations Needed in Game Music and Sound Studies,” Hyeonjin Park highlights issues of diversity and representation in the field of video game music and sound studies, with respect to the people and music that make up the subjects of the field, the people who produce scholarship in the field, and the people who engage with game music and sound. In “Canon Anxiety?” Karen Cook pulls together various issues of academic canons to question the scope, focus, and diversity of the growing field in which the Journal of Sound and Music in Games exists.

Canon Anxiety?

Canons—of music, video games, or people—can provide a shared pool of resources for scholars, practitioners, and fans; but the formation of canons can also lead to an obscuring or devaluing of materials and people outside of a canon. The four authors in this colloquy interrogate issues of canons relating to video game music and sound from a variety of perspectives. Each author considers an aspect of canonization and argues for a wider purview. In “Rewritable Memory: Concerts, Canons, and Game Music History,” William Gibbons examines the ways in which concerts of video game music may create canons and reinforce particular historical narratives. In “On Canons as Music and Muse,” Julianne Grasso views the music originally presented in a video game as itself a type of canon and argues that official and fan arrangements of original game music may provide windows into lived experiences of play. In “The Difficult, Uncomfortable, and Imperative Conversations Needed in Game Music and Sound Studies,” Hyeonjin Park highlights issues of diversity and representation in the field of video game music and sound studies, with respect to the people and music that make up the subjects of the field, the people who produce scholarship in the field, and the people who engage with game music and sound. In “Canon Anxiety?” Karen Cook pulls together various issues of academic canons to question the scope, focus, and diversity of the growing field in which the Journal of Sound and Music in Games exists.

A Ludomusicologist Goes to the Museum

From September 2018 to February 2019, the famous Victoria and Albert Museum in London hosted Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt, a major exhibition on contemporary video game design and culture. Announced as “a unique insight into the design process behind a selection of groundbreaking contemporary videogames,” this immersive exhibition was the end presentation of a project that took four years to undertake. Dutch PhD student Martine Mussies went over the Channel to take a look and write down her experiences for this first issue of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games.

Mathematics and music game in the function of child's social and emotional development

The paper presents empirical research, aiming to present the extent to which the application of the concrete mathematical and musical play contributes to the child’s social and emotional development. The research was conducted in two international schools in Belgrade, using the play titled ‘Musical Monkeys’ and in collaboration with the Music-Math team from Mexico who are the creators of the mentioned game. The results have shown that this kind of approach in working with children encourages activity and engagement, self-confidence, empathy, team work, integrity, tolerance and enthusiasm, while requiring and encouraging collaboration and constructive communication, cooperation and respect among students in the process of solving a set of mathematical and/ or musical tasks. The obtained results confirm that the children established connection between the mathematical and musical segments involving a high level of emotional and social skills – collaboration, communication, empathy, enthusiasm, commitment, curiosity for the game and felt benefits of team work, tolerance and respect while solving the given educational tasks.

Glasbene didaktične igre in glasbeno-razvojni dosežki prvošolcev

Our research interest was to determine how regular use of didactic musical games during the other school lessons influences the development of music skills and performance during the music lessons. The study sample included 71 year one children of the selected elementary school who conducted music didactic games in various subjects for four months. At the beginning and at the end of the four months period the children carried out specially developed 13 music tasks to determine their level of knowledge in various music skills. The children of the experimental group achieved better results on the tests than those of the control group in all measured categories.