News tagged with musicians
Musicians' Brains 'Fine-Tuned' to Identify Emotion
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking for a mate who in everyday conversation can pick up even your most subtle emotional cues? Find a musician, Northwestern University researchers suggest.
Perfect Pitch: Language Wins Out Over Genetics
May 19, 2009 |
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Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Sinatra and Hendrix -- these and many other of the world's most famous musicians have had "perfect" or "absolute" pitch. The ability, defined as recognizing the pitch of a musical note ...
15M hits later, YouTube Symphony makes live debut
Apr 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Even before they played their first note together, they were listed as one of the world's most inspiring orchestras.
Music Technology Researchers Create New Robotic Percussionist
Nov 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Georgia Tech has created an improved version of the robotic percussionist. The second edition, named Shimon, is designed to play a melodic instrument – the marimba. It, therefore, utilizes ...
Musicians use both sides of their brains more frequently than average people
Oct 02, 2008 |
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Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new research reveals that trained musicians really do think differently than the rest of us. Vanderbilt University psychologists have found that professionally ...
Multimedia system provides new view of musical performance
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Musicians can now use 3D computer analysis to radically improve their technique, thanks to the latest research in multimedia technology from the University of Leeds.
Using video clips, Israeli DJ creates a million-hit wonder
May 31, 2009 |
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Ophir Kutiel didn't set out to become YouTube's Elvis Presley. The 27-year-old Israeli DJ was just looking for a good beat.
Why musicians make us weep and computers don't
Jul 09, 2008 |
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Music can soothe the savage breast much better if played by musicians rather than clever computers, according to a new University of Sussex-led study published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE.
