10,701 research outputs found
Rickett\u27s/Staten Island/The Black Horse (Hornpipes)
No full textaudioThis is a 1:53 sound file. Track 1 of a clawhammer banjo demo CD by Rick Anderson
Folding down the sheets/Merry Blacksmith
No full textaudioThis is a 1:12 sound file. Track 2 of a clawhammer banjo demo CD by Rick Anderson
Red-Haired Boy/Speed the Plough/Old Mother Flanagan
No full textaudioThis is a 1:51 sound file. Track 3 of a clawhammer banjo demo CD by Rick Anderson
Portfolio of recorded performances and exegesis: Messiaen’s musical language for the jazz pianist - an exploration through performance.
No full textMoving beyond Gunther Schuller’s Third Stream amalgamation of classical and jazz, this study explores whether the musical language of Olivier Messiaen can make a valid contribution to jazz piano performance. Initially, my project sought to answer such questions as: What elements of the musical language of Messiaen already exist in the jazz vocabulary? Am I able to extend this further? What are the timbral structures and pianistic effects within Messiaen’s musical language? What will be the most effective application of Messiaen’s musical language to jazz piano performance? Endeavouring to answer the final question led me to consider such aspects as whether the project should be limited to quoting Messiaen motifs, arranging Messiaen melodies, replacing jazz harmonic structures on standards with examples from Messiaen’s musical language or whether it would be better to approach the research conceptually. The work of Hubert Nuss provided encouraging reassurance that this was not an impossible task. In order to articulate this conception, the initial challenge was to decide how the classical and jazz worlds might meet in a ‘Messiaen’ technique. The approach adopted was similar to that used for undergraduate jazz study, namely, immersion in the piano scores and recordings of Messiaen’s music as well as by live performances. This was followed by the development and assessment of a contrived approach when specific techniques, such as tonal colourings or harmonic structures, were developed through prepared exercises and consciously included in my performance. It was then compared with an intuitive approach when no such precise parameters were established. This submission consists of CD recordings of two public recitals and an exegesis. It documents the development of this Messiaen technique and discusses its application in my performances. It also demonstrates the ways that Messiaen’s musical language can be used within jazz piano performance to provide a colour that distinguishes jazz piano performance in a competitive field.Thesis (M.Mus.) -- University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, 201
Metrication of the urban speed limit and pedestrian fatalities
No full textCopyright © 2008 the authorsIn the early 1960s the urban area speed limit was increased from 30 to 35 mph in Victoria and NSW. With the introduction of metrication in 1974 the urban area speed limit of 35 mph (56 km/h) was changed to 60 km/h throughout Australia. The reason why 60 km/h was selected is discussed. A study of the likely relationship between travelling speeds and the incidence of pedestrian fatalities was conducted by the NHMRC Road Accident Research Unit (now the Centre for Automotive Safety Research) based on the results of detailed investigations of 176 fatal pedestrian crashes in the Adelaide area between 1983 and 1991. A reduction in the urban area speed limit from 60 to 50 km/h was predicted to result in a reduction of 30 percent in the incidence of pedestrian fatalities. The method developed to estimate this reduction is described and compared with the method used in more recent case control studies of travelling speed and the risk of casualty crash involvement. The effect on pedestrian fatalities where the urban area speed limit has been reduced from 60 to 50 km/h is also noted. Based on the above information, the consequences of the choice of 60 rather than 50 km/h for the urban area speed limit are estimated in terms of the incidence of pedestrian fatalities in Australia since 1974.McLean A.J., Anderson R.W.G
Bull bar prevalence among types of vehicle in metropolitan Adelaide
No full textThe purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of bull bars at typical pedestrian crash sites in metropolitan Adelaide, and to disaggregate the measured prevalence by type of vehicle. In 2007 a survey was conducted to examine the proportion of vehicles fitted with bull bars in Adelaide, South Australia, at sites where pedestrian crashes had occurred in the past. The sample was stratified to examine the prevalence in separate geographical regions of the metropolitan area of Adelaide. The survey results were combined using weights determined from the relative instances of pedestrian crashes in the three survey strata. The present study paper extends the results of the original survey by recording counts of different vehicle types using video footage of the original survey enabling the proportions of bull bar equipped vehicles within each vehicle type to be determined. It was found that 45.4% of four-wheel-drive vehicles (4WDs)/sports utility vehicles (SUVs), 49.8% of work utilities, 15.6% of vans, 1.5% of passenger cars and derivatives, 28% of trucks and 23.3% of buses were equipped with a bull bar. It was also found that alloy bull bars are the most common, more than twice as common as steel bull bars and over fifteen times as common as plastic bull bars. Alloy bull bars are particularly popular on 4WDs/SUVs and sedan and sedan derivatives where their fitment is three times more common than a steel bull bar. Vans were the only type of vehicle to be more commonly fitted with a steel bull bar than an alloy bull bar.Doecke S., Anderson R. W. G., Ponte G
The magnetization curves and flux creep in high-temperature superconductors
No full textThe effects of flux creep on the magnetization curves of high temperature superconductors are investigated numerically for Anderson-Kim model, U(j) = U-c(1-j/j(c)). The parameter epsilon = U-c/kT and j(c) greatly influence the flux penetration process and the magnitude and distribution of the magnetization current density. The characteristics of the magnetization curve is also a function of epsilon and j(c) and so the critical current density formula based on Bean model is not exact. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.Physics, Condensed MatterSCI(E)EI0ARTICLE139-4210
Jonathan Little and the Importance of Ecstasy [Interview and CD review]
No full textExtended composer interview and CD review [of "Polyhymnia: String, Choral and Orchestral Works of Jonathan Little"] by the UK music producer, publisher and the founder/director of Toccata Classics & Toccata Press, Martin Anderson.
"A new CD from the New Hampshire label Navona—a new name to me, I must admit—brings orchestral, chamber, and choral music from the British-based Australian composer Jonathan Little. His name, too, was new to me, but it’s obviously one that will make its mark. ... Jonathan Little issues from a similar school of sensibility to that of the “holy mystics” of Eastern Europe, composers like Arvo Pärt and Pēteris Vasks. … [Terpsichore is] an exuberant orchestral essay somewhere between Respighi’s evocations of ancient Rome and Villa‐Lobos’s representation of the Brazilian jungle. … The Sacred Prelude is dignified and sober, moving without being emotional … it is clear from this CD that his fine command of atmosphere and orchestral color ought to command a decent fee in Hollywood. ...
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