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Gong Chen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Musicality novelty generative adversarial nets for algorithmic composition
ACM Multimedia, 2018Co-Authors: Gong Chen, Yan Liu, Shenghua Zhong, Xiang ZhangAbstract:Algorithmic composition, which enables computer to generate music like human composers, has lasting charm because it intends to approximate artistic creation, most mysterious part of human intelligence. To deliver both melodious and refreshing music, this paper proposes the Musicality-Novelty Generative Adversarial Nets for algorithmic composition. With the same generator, two adversarial nets alternately optimize the Musicality and novelty of the machine-composed music. A new model called novelty game is presented to maximize the minimal distance between the machine-composed music sample and any human-composed music sample in the novelty space, where all well-known human composed music products are far from each other. We implement the proposed framework using three supervised CNNs with one for generator, one for Musicality critic and one for novelty critic on the time-pitch feature space. Specifically, the novelty critic is implemented by Siamese neural networks with temporal alignment using dynamic time warping. We provide empirical validations by generating the music samples under various scenarios.
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who composes the music Musicality evaluation for algorithmic composition via electroencephalography
ACM Multimedia, 2017Co-Authors: Gong ChenAbstract:It is very challenging to evaluate the creative work of artificial intelligence, such as algorithmic composition. Due to the nature of creativity, most existing criteria of music analysis, for example, similarity of the data, cannot be used directly to measure the quality of a new piece of music composed by computer. Subjective evaluation based on questionnaire lacks quantitative evaluation with solid evidence. To address these difficulties, this paper proposes a novel computational model combined with a novel psychological paradigm. Utilizing brain imaging techniques, the proposed evaluation method can provide reliable Musicality score for machine-composed music.
Henkjan Honing - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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On the biological basis of Musicality.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2018Co-Authors: Henkjan HoningAbstract:In recent years, music and Musicality have seen an increasing amount of research effort. This has led to a growing role and visibility of the contribution of (bio)musicology to the field of neuroscience and cognitive sciences at large. While it has been widely acknowledged that there are commonalities between speech, language and Musicality, several researchers explain this by considering Musicality as being an epiphenomenon of language. However, an alternative hypothesis is that Musicality is an innate and widely shared capacity for music, that can be seen as a natural, spontaneously developing set of traits based on and constrained by our cognitive abilities and their underlying biology. The symposium “On the biological basis of Musicality” brought together leading experts on the comparative study of Musicality in humans and several well-known animal models (monkeys, birds, pinnipeds). Such a comparison will further our insights on which features of Musicality are exclusive to humans and which are shared between humans and non-human animals, contribute to an understanding of the musical phenotype, as well as further constrain existing evolutionary theories of music and Musicality.
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without it no music cognition biology and evolution of Musicality
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2015Co-Authors: Henkjan Honing, Carel Ten Cate, Isabelle Peretz, Sandra E TrehubAbstract:Musicality can be defined as a natural, spontaneously developing trait based on and constrained by biology and cognition. Music, by contrast, can be defined as a social and cultural construct based on that very Musicality. One critical challenge is to delineate the constituent elements of Musicality. What biological and cognitive mechanisms are essential for perceiving, appreciating and making music? Progress in understanding the evolution of music cognition depends upon adequate characterization of the constituent mechanisms of Musicality and the extent to which they are present in non-human species. We argue for the importance of identifying these mechanisms and delineating their functions and developmental course, as well as suggesting effective means of studying them in human and non-human animals. It is virtually impossible to underpin the evolutionary role of Musicality as a whole, but a multicomponent perspective on Musicality that emphasizes its constituent capacities, development and neural cognitive specificity is an excellent starting point for a research programme aimed at illuminating the origins and evolution of musical behaviour as an autonomous trait.
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defining the biological bases of individual differences in Musicality
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2015Co-Authors: Bruno Gingras, Henkjan Honing, Isabelle Peretz, Laurel J Trainor, Simon E FisherAbstract:Advances in molecular technologies make it possible to pinpoint genomic factors associated with complex human traits. For cognition and behaviour, identification of underlying genes provides new entry points for deciphering the key neurobiological pathways. In the past decade, the search for genetic correlates of Musicality has gained traction. Reports have documented familial clustering for different extremes of ability, including amusia and absolute pitch (AP), with twin studies demonstrating high heritability for some music-related skills, such as pitch perception. Certain chromosomal regions have been linked to AP and musical aptitude, while individual candidate genes have been investigated in relation to aptitude and creativity. Most recently, researchers in this field started performing genome-wide association scans. Thus far, studies have been hampered by relatively small sample sizes and limitations in defining components of Musicality, including an emphasis on skills that can only be assessed in trained musicians. With opportunities to administer standardized aptitude tests online, systematic large-scale assessment of musical abilities is now feasible, an important step towards high-powered genome-wide screens. Here, we offer a synthesis of existing literatures and outline concrete suggestions for the development of comprehensive operational tools for the analysis of musical phenotypes.
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the illiterate listener on music cognition Musicality and methodology
2011Co-Authors: Henkjan HoningAbstract:Al sinds onze babytijd hebben wij, mensen, een grote perceptuele gevoeligheid voor zowel de melodische, ritmische als dynamische aspecten van spraak en muziek. Het gaat, voor zover we nu weten, om een uniek menselijke aanleg voor het waarnemen, interpreteren en waarderen van muziek, nog voordat er een woord gesproken, of zelfs maar bedacht is. Het is het preverbale en preletter stadium waar het muzikale luisteren vol van is. Muziek speelt op een intrigerende manier met ons gehoor, ons geheugen, onze emoties en onze verwachtingen. Als luisteraar zijn we ons er vaak niet van bewust, maar we spelen een actieve rol bij wat muziek spannend, troostend of opwindend maakt, omdat luisteren zich niet afspeelt in de buitenwereld van de klinkende muziek, maar in de stille binnenwereld van ons hoofd en onze hersenen.
Christine Rocca - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a different musical perspective improving outcomes in music through habilitation education and training for children with cochlear implants
Seminars in Hearing, 2012Co-Authors: Christine RoccaAbstract:The musical outcomes for children with cochlear implants (CIs) who have been consistently involved in musical habilitation, education, and training programs, from a young age, may be presenting a new musical perspective. This article aims to provide strategies that professionals may use to improve musical perception for children with CIs in clinical and educational settings. The habilitation and education programs discussed are based on extensive clinical experience and assessments of over a hundred children and teenagers with CIs. Stages of musical development for children with CIs, from beginners to more advanced levels, are described for several key musical areas: (1) vocalization that leads to singing, (2) listening, and (3) general Musicality. Practical activities for developing singing, listening, and general Musicality are described. Music-based habilitation, education, and training methods may enable children with CIs to participate more fully in all aspects of musical experience.
Umberto Di Porzio - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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biological bases of human Musicality
Reviews in The Neurosciences, 2017Co-Authors: Carla Perronecapano, Floriana Volpicelli, Umberto Di PorzioAbstract:Music is a universal language, present in all human societies. It pervades the lives of most human beings and can recall memories and feelings of the past, can exert positive effects on our mood, can be strongly evocative and ignite intense emotions, and can establish or strengthen social bonds. In this review, we summarize the research and recent progress on the origins and neural substrates of human Musicality as well as the changes in brain plasticity elicited by listening or performing music. Indeed, music improves performance in a number of cognitive tasks and may have beneficial effects on diseased brains. The emerging picture begins to unravel how and why particular brain circuits are affected by music. Numerous studies show that music affects emotions and mood, as it is strongly associated with the brain's reward system. We can therefore assume that an in-depth study of the relationship between music and the brain may help to shed light on how the mind works and how the emotions arise and may improve the methods of music-based rehabilitation for people with neurological disorders. However, many facets of the mind-music connection still remain to be explored and enlightened.
Gerhard Andersson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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fears hyperacusis and Musicality in williams syndrome
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2006Co-Authors: Stefan Blomberg, Michael Rosander, Gerhard AnderssonAbstract:The study investigated the prevalence of fear and hyperacusis and the possible connections between fear, hyperacusis and Musicality in a Swedish sample of individuals with Williams syndrome (WS). The study included 38 individuals and a cross-sectional design, with no matched control group. Two persons, who knew the participant well, completed a questionnaire. On reported fears, 58% of the participants scored higher than +2S.D., compared to a psychometric study. Thirteen percent scored above the suggested cut-off for hyperacusis, compared to 2.5% in a psychometric study. Female participants generally had higher reported fears and hyperacusis compared to male participants. There were also startling findings of correlations between reported fears and hyperacusis. This preliminary report supports a hypothesis that fears and anxiety could be associated with hyperacusis in the WS population. A hypothesis that Musicality could serve as a protective factor and prevent anxiety, received no or very limited support. A hypothesis that hyperacusis could be connected to a general, readily arousal, tendency in the sympathetic nervous system and could be seen as vulnerability for psychopathology is discussed.
