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musical material, or composition, as held in western classical music. Even when music is notated precisely, there are still many decisions that a performer has to make. The process of a performer deciding how to perform music that has been previously composed and notated is Music Information Retrieval termed interpretation. Different performers' interpretations of the Music Information Retrieval same music can vary Music Information Retrieval widely. Composers and song writers who present their own Music Information Retrieval music are interpreting, just as much Music Information Retrieval as those who perform Music Information Retrieval the music of others or folk music. The standard body of choices and techniques present at a given time and a given place is referred to as performance practice, where

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as Music Information Retrieval interpretation is generally used to mean either individual Music Information Retrieval choices of a performer, or Music Information Retrieval an Music Information Retrieval aspect of music which is Music Angel Ebay not Music Information Retrieval clear, and therefore Music Information Retrieval has a "standard" interpretation. In some musical genres, such as jazz and blues, Music Information Retrieval even more freedom is given to the performer to engage in improvisation on Music Information Retrieval a basic Music Information Retrieval melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic framework. The greatest Music Information Retrieval latitude is given to the performer in a style of Music Information Retrieval performing called free improvisation, which is material that is spontaneously "thought Music Information Retrieval of" (imagined) Music Information Retrieval while Music Information Retrieval being performed, not preconceived. According to the analysis of Georgiana Costescu,[citation needed] improvised music usually Music Information Retrieval follows stylistic or Music Information Retrieval genre conventions Music Information Retrieval and even "fully composed" includes some freely chosen material. Composition does not always mean the use of notation, or the known sole authorship of one individual. Music can also be determined by describing a Music Information Retrieval "process" which may create musical sounds; examples of this range from wind chimes, through computer programs which select sounds. Music which contains elements selected by chance is called Music Information Retrieval Aleatoric music, and Music Information Retrieval is associated with such composers as John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Witold Lutoslawski. Musical composition Music Information Retrieval is a term that describes Music Information Retrieval the composition of a piece of music. Methods of composition vary widely Music Information Retrieval from one composer to another, however in analysing music all Music Information Retrieval forms � spontaneous, trained, or untrained � Music Information Retrieval are built from elements comprising Music Information Retrieval a musical piece. Music can be composed for Music Information Retrieval repeated performance or it can be improvised: composed on the spot. The music can Music Information Retrieval be performed entirely from memory, from a written system of musical Music Information Retrieval notation, or some combination of both. Study of composition has traditionally been dominated Music Information Retrieval by examination of methods and practice of Western classical music, but the definition of Music Information Retrieval composition is broad enough to include Music Information Retrieval spontaneously improvised works like those of free jazz performers and African drummers. What is important in understanding the composition Music Information Retrieval of a piece is singling Music Information Retrieval out its elements. An Music Information Retrieval understanding of music's formal elements can be helpful in deciphering exactly how a piece is constructed. A universal element of music is how sounds occur in time, which is referred to as the rhythm of a piece of music. When a piece appears to have a changing time-feel, it is considered to be in Music Information Retrieval rubato time, an Italian expression that indicates that Music Information Retrieval the tempo of the piece changes to suit the expressive intent Music Information Retrieval of the performer. Even random placement of random Music Information Retrieval sounds, which occurs in Music Information Retrieval musical montage, occurs within some kind of time, and thus employs time Music Information Retrieval as a musical element. Notation is the written expression of music notes and Visually Impaired Music rhythms on paper using symbols. When music is written down, the pitches and rhythm of the music is notated, along with instructions

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on how to perform the music. The study of how to read notation involves music theory, harmony, the study of performance practice, and in some Music Information Retrieval cases an understanding of historical performance methods. Written notation varies with style Music Information Retrieval and period of music. Music Information Retrieval In Western Music Information Retrieval Art music, the most common types Music Information Retrieval of written notation are scores, which include all the music parts Music Information Retrieval of an ensemble piece, and parts, which are the music notation for the individual performers or singers. In popular music, jazz, and blues, the standard musical notation is Music Information Retrieval the lead sheet, Music Information Retrieval which notates the Music Information Retrieval melody, Music Boxes For Sale chords, lyrics (if it is a vocal Music Information Retrieval piece), and structure of the music. Scores and parts are also used in popular music and jazz, particularly in large ensembles such as jazz "big bands." In popular music, guitarists and electric bass players often read music notated Music Information Retrieval in tablature, which indicates the location of Music Information Retrieval the notes to be played on the instrument using a diagram of the guitar or bass fingerboard. Tabulature was also used in the Baroque Music Information Retrieval era to notate music for the lute, a stringed, Music Information Retrieval fretted instrument. Notated music is produced as sheet music. To perform music from notation requires an understanding of both the musical style and the performance practice that Music Information Retrieval is associated Music Information Retrieval with a piece of music or genre. Improvisation is the creation of spontaneous Music Information Retrieval music. Improvisation is often considered an act of instantaneous composition by composers, where compositional

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techniques Music Information Retrieval are employed with or without preparation. Music theory encompasses the Music Information Retrieval nature and mechanics of music. It often involves identifying patterns Irish Whistle Music that govern composers' techniques. In a more detailed sense, music theory Music Information Retrieval (in the western system) also distills and analyzes the elements Music Information Retrieval of music � rhythm, harmony (harmonic function), melody, structure, and texture. People who study these properties are known as music theorists. The field of Music Information Retrieval music cognition involves the study of many aspects of music Music Information Retrieval including how Music Information Retrieval it is processed by listeners. Rather Music Information Retrieval than accepting the standard practices of analyzing, composing, and performing music as a given, much research in music cognition seeks instead to uncover the mental processes that underlie these practices. Music Information Retrieval Also, research in the field seeks to uncover commonalities between the musical Music Information Retrieval traditions of disparate cultures and possible cognitive "constraints" that limit these musical systems. Questions regarding musical innateness, Music Information Retrieval and emotional responses to music are also major areas of research in Music Information Retrieval the field. Deaf people can experience music by feeling the vibrations in their body, a process which can be enhanced if the individual Music Information Retrieval holds a resonant, hollow object. A well-known deaf musician is the composer Music Information Retrieval Ludwig Music Information Retrieval van Beethoven, who composed many famous works even after he had Music Information Retrieval completely lost his hearing. Recent examples of deaf musicians include Evelyn Glennie, a highly acclaimed percussionist who Music Information Retrieval has been deaf Music Information Retrieval since age twelve, and Chris Buck, Music Information Retrieval a virtuoso violinist who has lost his hearing. This is relevant because Music Information Retrieval it indicates that music is a deeper cognitive Music Information Retrieval process than unexamined phrases such as, "pleasing to the ear" would suggest. Much research in music Music Information Retrieval cognition seeks to uncover these complex mental processes involved in listening Music Information Retrieval to music, which may seem Music Information Retrieval intuitively simple, yet are vastly intricate and complex.The music that composers make can be Music Information Retrieval heard through several media; Music Information Retrieval the most traditional way is to hear it Music Information Retrieval live, in the presence, or as one of the musicians. Live music can also be broadcast over the radio, television or the internet. Some musical styles focus on producing a sound for a performance, while others focus on producing a recording which mixes Music Information Retrieval together sounds which were never played "live". Recording, even of styles which are essentially live, often uses the ability to

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edit and splice to produce recordings which are considered better Music Information Retrieval than the actual performance. As talking pictures emerged in the early 20th century, with their prerecorded musical tracks, an increasing number of moviehouse orchestra musicians found themselves out of work.[6] During the 1920s

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live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and Music Information Retrieval theater organists Music Information Retrieval were common at first-run theaters[7] With Music Information Retrieval the coming of the talking motion pictures, those featured performances were largely eliminated. The AFM took out newspaper advertisements protesting the replacement of live musicians with mechanical playing devices. One 1929 ad that appeared in Music Information Retrieval the Pittsburgh Press features an image of a can labeled "Canned Music / Big Noise Brand / Guaranteed to Produce Music Information Retrieval No Intellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever" Since legislation introduced to help protect performers, composers, publishers and producers, including the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 in the Music Information Retrieval United Music Information Retrieval States, and Music Information Retrieval the 1979 revised Berne Convention Music Information Retrieval for Music Information Retrieval the Best Exer Music For Relaxation Collection Protection Music Information Retrieval of Literary and Artistic Works in the United Kingdom, recordings and live performances have also become Music Information Retrieval more accessible through computers, devices and internet in Music Information Retrieval a form that is Music Def Leopard commonly known as music-on-demand. In many cultures, there is less distinction between performing and listening Music Information Retrieval to music, since virtually everyone is involved in some sort of musical activity, often communal. In Music Information Retrieval industrialised countries, listening to music through a recorded form, such

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as sound recording or watching Music Information Retrieval a music

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video, became more common than experiencing live performance, roughly in the middle

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of the 20th century. Sometimes, live performances incorporate prerecorded sounds. For Music Information Retrieval example, a DJ uses disc records for scratching, and some 20th-century works have a solo for an instrument or voice that is performed along with music that is prerecorded onto a tape. Computers and many keyboards can be programmed to produce and play MIDI music. Audiences can also become performers Music Information Retrieval by participating in Karaoke, an activity of Japanese origin Music Information Retrieval which centres around a device

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that plays voice-eliminated versions of well-known Music Information Retrieval songs. Most karaoke machines Music Information Retrieval also Music Information Retrieval have video screens that show lyrics to songs Winds Music being performed; performers can follow the lyrics as they sing over the instrumental tracks. The advent of the Internet has transformed the experience of music, partly through the increased ease Music Information Retrieval of access to music and the increased choice. Chris Anderson, in his book Music Information Retrieval The Long Tail: Why Music Information Retrieval the future of business is selling Music Information Retrieval less of more, suggests that while the economic model of supply and demand describes scarcity, the Internet retail model is based on abundance. Digital storage costs are low, so a company can afford to make its whole inventory available online, giving customers as Music Information Retrieval much choice as possible. It Music Information Retrieval has thus become economically viable to offer products that very

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few people are interested

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in. Consumers' growing awareness of their increased choice results in a closer association between listening tastes and social identity, and the creation of thousands of niche markets. Another effect of the Internet arises with online communities like Youtube and Myspace. Myspace has made social Music Information Retrieval networking with other musicians easier, and greatly facilitates the distribution of one's music. Youtube also has a large community of both amateur and professional musicians Music Information Retrieval who post Music Information Retrieval videos and comments. Professional musicians also use Youtube as a free publisher of promotional material. Youtube users, for example, no longer only download and listen to mp3s, but also actively create their own. According to Tapscott Music Information Retrieval and Williams, there has Music Information Retrieval been a shift from a traditional consumer role to Music Information Retrieval what they call a "prosumer" role, a consumer Music Information Retrieval who both creates and consumes. Manifestations of this in music include the production of mashes, remixes, and music videos by fans.