abstract: Throughout western clarinet art music, there are not only a large number of great performers and classical works, but also a valuable body of literature that has laid a solid foundation for clarinet development and global dispersion. By contrast, Chinese clarinet literature is lacking in quantity and global distribution. However, this is the first comprehensive study that discloses the mysterious mask of China’s clarinet art. This study does not merely discuss the Chinese clarinet history, but it also introduces important historical events that influenced the development of the Chinese clarinet industry (excluding manufacturing), including Chinese military bands, clarinet music, pedagogy, clarinet figures, and its future direction. In the conclusion of this paper, the author discusses the deficiency of the Chinese clarinet industry and makes suggestions for solving problems with clarinet players practicing more technique rather than focusing on musicianship, educators’ lack of concentration on teaching and academic research, and the shortage of Chinese clarinet works. Additionally, the author appeals to Chinese clarinet players to actively participate in international activities and the Chinese government to increase incentives to introduce high-level Chinese talents overseas to help make China a better country in any field. / Dissertation/Thesis / Theme and Variations_Shuang Zhu / The Song of Grazing Horses_Shuang Zhu / The Sound of Pamir I_Shuang Zhu / The Sound of Pamir II_Shuang Zhu / The Sound of Pamir III_Shuang Zhu / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2017

abstract: Several contemporary clarinet works use Chinese folk music elements from different regions in new compositions to entice listener's and performer's appreciation of Chinese culture. However, to date, limited academic research on this topic exists. This research paper introduces six contemporary clarinet works by six Chinese composers: Qigang Chen's Morning Song, Yan Wang's Mu ma zhi ge (The Song of Grazing Horses), An-lun Huang's Capriccio for Clarinet and Strings Op. 41, Bijing Hu's The Sound of Pamir Clarinet Concerto, Mei-Mi Lan's Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra with Harp and Percussion, and Yu-Hui Chang's Three Fantasias for Solo Clarinet in B-flat. They are examined from different perspectives, including general structure, style, and rejuvenated folk music use. The focus of this research paper is to investigate the use of Chinese folk music in several works in collaboration with the composers. The author found that although contemporary composers use Chinese folk music differently in their works (i.e., some use melodies, others use harmony, while others use modes), each work celebrates the music and culture of the folk music on which the pieces are based. It is the author's hope to stimulate people's interest in music using Chinese folk music elements, and bring these lesser known works into the common clarinet repertoire. / Dissertation/Thesis / Morning Song / Mu ma zhi ge (The Song of Grazing Horses) / Capriccio for Clarinet and Strings Op. 41 / The Sound of Pamir Clarinet Concerto movement I / The Sound of Pamir Clarinet Concerto movement II / The Sound of Pamir Clarinet Concerto movement III / Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra movement I / Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra movement II / Three Fantasias for Solo Clarinet in B-flat movement I / Three Fantasias for Solo Clarinet in B-flat movement II / Three Fantasias for Solo Clarinet in B-flat movement III / D.M.A. Music 2013

Orientador: Roberto Cesar Pires / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-08T17:27:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pires_ElaineLopesdeOliveira_M.pdf: 11699265 bytes, checksum: c2bcb4c8e71bc3f78712b5efb7afb904 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Este trabalho tem como objetivos apresentar uma edição de ¿Crônica de Um Dia de Verão-Fantasia para Clarineta Bb e Orquestra de Cordas¿ por meio de um estudo analítico, com informações adicionais fornecidas pelo próprio compositor. A proposta é de que estas informações contribuam para uma melhor compreensão do discurso musical e consequëntemente melhor performance. Apresentamos uma breve revisão histórica da clarineta, desde sua chegada ao Brasil até os dias atuais, justificando o nível elevado da classe desses instrumentistas no país. Assim, propomos o resgate de ¿Crônica¿ por meio da divulgação deste trabalho entre os clarinetistas para um maior reconhecimento daquele que é considerado o maior compositor brasileiro vivo, contribuindo para a difusão da música erudita brasileira / Abstract: This study aims to illustrate an edition of ¿Chronic of a Summer Day- Fantasy for Bb Clarinet and String Orchestra¿ (¿Crônica de Um Dia de Verão- Fantasia para Clarineta Bb e Orquestra de Cordas¿), by means of musical analysis, enriched with additional information provided by the composer. A brief review of the history of the Clarinet since its arrival in Brazil until the present time is out lined, explaining the high level of proficiency achieved by the players in this country. The present study is an effort to make this work better known, particularly among clarinetists themselves, in the hope that this will contribute to a better comprehension of the work¿s musical discourse and by the consequence, to a musically enriched performance / Mestrado / Mestre em Música

O presente estudo teve como objetivo demonstrar a relevância da reestruturação técnica de uma obra, ou seja, uma reelaboração musical às particularidades de novos meios, focando o clarinete baixo como instrumento central, desencadeando um futuro aprimoramento e adequação aos novos recursos do instrumento e à sua linguagem. Além deste, o trabalho teve como finalidade apontar a proposição de um experimento deste instrumento a um repertório original não idiomático. Para tanto, o procedimento metodológico utilizado observou como referências as reelaborações já realizadas e compreendeu as maneiras com que foram concebidas. O trabalho contribuiu com o desenvolvimento teórico e prático da pesquisa em reelaborações para clarinete baixo, desta forma, favorecendo a disposição de um novo vetor experimental, baseado nas reelaborações feitas. Assim, conclui-se que esta pesquisa, diferentemente do rigor e fidelidade a qual geralmente a reelaboração é aplicada, enfatizou o processo como ferramenta criativa e dialógica. / The present study aimed to demonstrate the relevance of the technical restructuring of a work, that is, a musical reelaboration to the particularities of new media, focusing on the bass clarinet as a central instrument, triggering a future improvement and adaptation to the new resources of the instrument and its language. Besides this, the purpose of the work was to point out the proposition of an experiment of this instrument to an original non-idiomatic repertoire. In order to do so, the methodological procedure used observed references as reworkings already performed and understood the ways in which one was carried out. The work contributed to the theoretical and practical development of the research in reelaborations for bass clarinet, in this way, favoring the arrangement of a new experimental vector, based on the reelaborations made. Thus, it is concluded that this research, in contrast to the rigor and fidelity to which the reelaboration is usually applied, emphasized the process as a creative and dialogical tool.

Orientador: Emerson Luiz de Biaggi / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T20:57:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alves_CristianoSiqueira_D.pdf: 141564682 bytes, checksum: 37e4bef5d9c30e880d0887af29f59e4e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: O processo de emissão do som na clarineta revela-se de substancial importância à performance sendo, paradoxalmente, parcialmente negligenciado enquanto perspectiva de geração e transmissão de conhecimento explícito. O aspecto "oculto" de inúmeros procedimentos físico-musculares, ocorridos no interior do trato vocal, contribui para a complexidade evidenciada na abordagem da questão, sendo esta fortemente apoiada, por conseguinte, em bases tácitas. O presente trabalho propõe um Plano de Instrução, desenvolvido e validado com a colaboração de um grupo de pesquisa constituído para este fim, voltado à perspectiva de incremento de procedimentos de feedback (sobretudo motor e auditivo), da propriocepção e do domínio de emissão do som na clarineta. A principal ferramenta utilizada no plano de instrução vem a ser a "Teoria dos 'Ns'", por meio da qual objetiva-se a otimização do controle sobre os distintos níveis de pressão do lábio inferior. Tal controle, atuando em direta consonância com procedimentos de manipulação do trato vocal e aliado ao domínio sobre o fluxo de ar, demonstrou efetiva funcionalidade na tarefa de promover as condições propícias à maximização de fenômenos ressonantais no trato vocal. Entendeu-se ser a capacidade de obtenção e sustentação de um estado otimizado de relaxamento labial, portanto, um dos mais representativos meios de incremento da emissão do som na clarineta. Mensurou-se também o impacto do referido domínio de emissão sobre a performance como um todo. A pesquisa-ação configurou-se como a metodologia de pesquisa utilizada na elaboração e aplicação do plano de instrução, que estabeleceu, ainda, importantes bases de correlação entre elementos posturais e o manuseio das estruturas do trato vocal, bem como aplicabilidades no campo didático / Abstract: The process of sound production on the clarinet reveals substantial importance to performance and, paradoxically, is partially overlooked as a generation and transmission of explicit knowledge perspective. The "hidden" aspect of numerous physical muscle procedures, occurred within the vocal tract, contributes to the complexity evident in addressing the issue, which is strongly supported, therefore, on tacit bases. This work proposes an Instruction Plan, developed and validated in collaboration with a research group constituted for this purpose, concerning the increment of feedback procedures (especially motor and auditory), proprioception and mastery of sound production in the clarinet. The main tool used in instruction plan was the "'Ns' Theory", by means of which the goal is to optimize the control of the different lower lip pressure levels. This control, acting in direct line with procedures for handling the vocal tract and associated to the air flow domain, demonstrated effective functionality in the task of promoting the conditions for maximizing resonance effects in the vocal tract. It was understood that the ability to obtain and sustain an optimal state of relaxation lip, therefore, is one of the most significant means of increasing the sound production in the clarinet. It was also measured the impact of this domain on the performance as a whole. Action research was used as the research methodology for the development and implementation of the instruction plan, which also established important bases of correlation between postural elements and handling of the structures of the vocal tract as well as applicability in the field of teaching / Doutorado / Praticas Interpretativas / Doutor em Música

Olika musikstycken påverkar hur vi uppfattar och ser saker. Denna studie utforskar hur musikinstrument påverkar uppfattningen av figurer i en animation för att utforska hur detta spelar en roll i musiken. En kvantitativ studie utfördes där deltagarna delades in i tre grupper som såg varsin version av animationen; en med en melodi arrangerad för klarinett, en med samma melodi arrangerad för flöjt och en utan musik som fungerade som kontrollgrupp. De svarade på en enkät med motsatta adjektivpar för att gradera en av karaktärerna i animationen. Resultatet visar att valet av instrument kan påverka hur figurer uppfattas inom vissa aspekter, men det är osäkert om resultatet av denna studie är giltigt på grund av problem med studien.

No abstract available. Accompanies the compositions of Thunderbird : twee bedrywe, Arabia : konsert vir klavier en orkes; Vyf miniature vir klarinet (b-mol) en kitaar; Vyf toonsettings van Afrikaanse liefdesgedigte vir sopraan en strykkwartet, DMus thesis, kept in the music Library, as well as the Special Collection Section of the Merensky Library (level 5). / Thesis (D Mus (Komposisie))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Music / unrestricted

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Ce travail de recherche est une contribution à l'étude des transitoires d'attaque dans les instruments de type clarinette. L'objectif est d'analyser le comportement de l'instrument en réponse à une variation lente et linéaire de la pression dans la bouche du musicien.Dans des simulations numériques ou des expériences in vitro, lorsque la pression dans la bouche du musicien varie lentement et linéairement dans le temps, on observe en général l'apparition du son lorsque la pression dans la bouche atteint une valeur, appelée seuil d’oscillation dynamique, supérieure au seuil d'oscillation statique. L'apport principal de ce travail est d'interpréter ce phénomène par la présence d'un retard à la bifurcation.L'approche analytique est privilégiée. La contribution majeure de ce doctorat est de comprendre les fondements de la théorie de la bifurcation dynamique afin d’étudier le retard à la bifurcation dans le modèle de clarinette dit "de Raman". Les propriétés du seuil dynamique d’oscillation sont ainsi reliées aux caractéristiques de la variation temporelle de la pression dans la bouche (sa valeur initiale et sa pente). L'une des caractéristiques notoires du retard à la bifurcation est sa grande dépendance au bruit, même s’il provient des erreurs d’arrondi de l’ordinateur. Les propriétés du seuil dynamique changent selon que le bruit peut être ignoré ou non.Nous montrons ensuite expérimentalement à l'aide d’une bouche artificielle et d'une clarinette de laboratoire que le retard à la bifurcation n'est pas qu'un phénomène numérique. Il est ainsi mis en évidence expérimentalement et ses propriétés sont également étudiés et comparées avec celles obtenues dans le cas numérique. / This research is a contribution to the study of attack transients in clarinet-like instruments. The main objective is to understand the behavior of the instrument when the mouth pressure is increased slowly through time at a constant rate.Although previous research proves that oscillations can appear at a value of the static oscillation threshold, numerical simulations and in vitro experiments show that for gradual increases of the mouth pressure, the audible sound generally appears when mouth pressure reaches a much higher value, called the dynamic oscillation threshold. This phenomenon is referred to as bifurcation delay in this work.A major part of this work follows an analytical approach, using the foundations of dynamic bifurcation theory to study the bifurcation delay in the simple "Raman" clarinet model. The properties of the dynamic oscillation threshold are related to indicators of the time variation of the mouth pressure such as its initial value and its slope. One of the remarkable features of the bifurcation delay is its strong dependence on noise, including that arising from round-off errors of the computer. The properties of the dynamic threshold are different according to whether the noise can be ignored or not.Additionally, an artificial mouth is used on a clarinet-like instrument to show that the bifurcation delay is not only a numerical phenomenon. Experimental observations performed on a clarinet-like instrument blown by an artificial mouth prove that bifurcation delay exists also on real-life systems. These observations show that the properties of the bifurcation delay observed in low-precision simulations are similar to experimental ones.

abstract: Electronic music, including the subgenre of interactive electronic music, has a century-old history and has established itself as a vital and important element of modern music cultures throughout the world. Acoustic musicians in the twenty-first century will be expected to perform and interact with electronic music. Currently, however, few resources are available to either the student or teacher to help advancing young musicians develop their skills working with electronic musical components. A considerable amount of electronic music is prohibitive due to cost, access to equipment, and degree of difficulty. Therefore, a set of works designed to specifically reduce these prohibitive costs seems necessary. As a performer/composer that plays clarinet and as an electronic musician that regularly utilizes the open-source programming software Pure Data (Pd), I feel my composing, performing, and technical experience uniquely positions me to create educational materials. For this project, I will compose/program a collection of electronic etudes for clarinet and electronics that: (1) utilizes Pd to provide electronic accompaniment, (2) is composed for clarinetists of varying experience levels, (3) and will be commercially available as electronic PDF and Pd files. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2020