Patterns in Music: How Linguistic Corpus Analysis Tools Can Be Used to Illuinate Central Aspects of Jazz Improvisation
Presented
by
DR. MARTIN NORGAARD
WEBINAR OVERVIEW
A presentation from the
Jazz Education Research and Practice Journal,
a publication of the Jazz Education Network.
Join Associate Professor of Music Education at Georgia State University, Dr. Martin Norgaard, a researcher who studies neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, occupational therapy, and physics to investigate the cognitive processes underlying improvisation and related therapeutic applications.
During the interactive Zoom workshop, you will use a free program designed for language analysis to find patterns in jazz solos. Then we will listen to the original recordings of those patterns using another publicly available web interface. Finally, applications in jazz theory and improvisation classes are discussed.
DOWNLOADS & LINKS
Also located at:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/
Patterns in Music handout
Dr. Martin Norgaard: Patterns in Music Handout
Software Link:
https://www.laurenceanthony.net/software/antconc/
Other links used in webinar:
http://dig-that-lick.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/
If you are using a Mac and having trouble opening the software, follow these instructions: 1. Attempt to open the software, then click cancel. 2. Open settings 3. Click security and privacy. 3. Click the lock and enter your password. 4. Click the GENERAL pane. At the bottom it should say “AntConc” was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.” And there should be an “open anyway” button next to that message. CLICK the “open anyway” button.
Instructions – https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/open-a-mac-app-from-an-unidentified-developer-mh40616/mac
ABOUT DR. MARTIN NORGAARD
Martin Norgaard is Associate Professor of Music Education at Georgia State University in Atlanta where he is collaborating with faculty in neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, occupational therapy, and physics to investigate the cognitive processes underlying improvisation and related therapeutic applications. He received the Dean’s Early Career Award in recognition of “outstanding work” as a faculty member of Georgia State University and is associate faculty of the Neuroscience Institute. In two recent studies involving electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Dr. Norgaard and his colleagues explored the brain networks underpinning musical improvisation. In another study, he showed that middle school children who receive training in musical improvisation score higher on measures of executive function compared to students who receive traditional music training. His research appears in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Brain Connectivity, The International Journal of Music Education, Music Educators Journal, The String Research Journal and the interdisciplinary journal Music Perception.
Dr. Norgaard is the author of ten jazz string method books for Mel Bay Publications including Jazz Fiddle Wizard and Jazz Fiddle/Viola/Cello Wizard Junior and the composer of several string orchestra pieces for The FJH Music Company and Alfred Music Publishing. Dr. Norgaard currently serves on the editorial committee for the Journal of Research in Music Education. Previously, he served on the Music Educators Journal advisory board and on the Emerging Ensembles Subcommittee writing the next generation National Standards in the Arts under the auspices of the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards. Dr. Norgaard is a frequent clinician at state, national, and international conventions such as The ISME World Conference on Music Education, The Midwest Clinic, NAfME, ASTA, GMEA, and TMEA among others.
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