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Ishii, Brian. "Using Pitch Tipping For Baseball Pitch Prediction." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2021. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/2311.
Full textRieck, Stacey M. "Implicit Pitch Memory in Non-Absolute Pitch Possessors." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1320950771.
Full textTsay, Suhchuan Jane, and Suhchuan Jane Tsay. "Phonological pitch." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186900.
Full textRazera, Daniel Espanhol. "Determinadores de pitch." Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18133/tde-02022016-164138/.
Full textSeveral researches of digital speech processing validate the use of acoustic parameters of the voice in diagnosis and therapeutic processes. Perturbation parameters need the knowledge of all the periods of the analyzed voice signal, to have their values calculated. This task is carried out by the pitch trackers and their precision determines the reliability off the evaluated parameters. The purpose of this work is to study several methods proposed along the years and to establish which algorithm has the best precision and robustness, when used with pathological voices. The pitch estimation is also studied as an aid tool for the correction and adjustment of the pitch trackers. The results demonstrate the need of external and internal modifications of the trackers and detector algorithms to reach the wanted robustness and precision. The algorithms for autocorrelation and for extraction of harmonics are confirmed as the most promising in applications for obtaining of acoustic parameters of the voice.
Younan, Elizabeth Mary. "Coherence through Pitch." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/18742.
Full textVarnau, Mary Kate. "Pitch and Pull." OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1882.
Full textHibbert, William A. "The quantification of strike pitch and pitch shifts in church bells." Thesis, Open University, 2008. http://oro.open.ac.uk/44498/.
Full textUnger, Brandon Lloyd. "Pitch range and pitch declination in asperger syndrome reading a dramatic passage /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1154539606.
Full textTitle from electronic thesis title page (viewed Nov. 30, 2006). Includes abstract. Keywords: Asperger Syndrome; Prosody; Pitch Range; Pitch Declination; Reading. Includes bibliographical references.
UNGER, BRANDON LLOYD. "PITCH RANGE AND PITCH DECLINATION IN ASPERGER SYNDROME: READING A DRAMATIC PASSAGE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1154539606.
Full textBawaqneh, Hamdi. "Virtual Vehicle Pitch Sensor." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för systemteknik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-69944.
Full textDillon, Frank. "Pitch for carbon composites." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.315565.
Full textKasuh, Takahiro. "Oxidation of mesophase pitch." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.346433.
Full textMeredith, David. "Computing pitch names in tonal music : a comparative analysis of pitch spelling algorithms." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:fa543bd6-cbdc-4206-a6f6-518f54c8c49a.
Full textKim, Jinho. "Automatic Pitch Detection and Shifting of Musical Tones in Real Time." Thesis, Boston College, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3057.
Full textMusical notes are acoustic stimuli with specific properties that trigger a psychological perception of pitch. Pitch is directly associated with the fundamental frequency of a sound wave, which is typically the lowest frequency of a periodic waveform. Shifting the perceived pitch of a sound wave is most easily done by changing the playback speed, but this method warps some of the characteristics and changes the time scale. This thesis aims to accurately shift the pitch of musical notes while preserving its other characteristics, and it implements this in real time on an Android device. There are various methods of detecting and shifting pitch, but in the interests of simplicity, accuracy, and speed, a three step process is used. First, the fundamental pitch of a stable periodic section of the signal is found using the Yin pitch detection algorithm. Secondly, pitch marks that represent the local peak of energy are found, each spaced out by roughly one period (inverse of the fundamental frequency). Lastly, these marks are used in the Pitch Synchronous Overlap and Add (PSOLA) algorithm to generate a new signal with the desired fundamental frequency and similar acoustical characteristics to the original signal
Thesis (BS) — Boston College, 2013
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Computer Science Honors Program
Discipline: Computer Science
Lam, Lai-man Suki. "Pitch level and pitch variability in Cantonese speakers with dysarthria associated with cerebral palsy." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36207548.
Full text"A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, May 10, 2000." Also available in print.
Lanz, Linda A. "Japanese pitch-accent: cross-linguistic perceptions by speakers of stress- and pitch-accent languages." Thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/7107.
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McIsaac, David William. "Aspects of pitch and pitch-class organization in Nikolai Roslavets's Trois compositions pour piano." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26563.
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Sturt, Christian. "Pitch synchronous speech coding techniques." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2003. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/843327/.
Full textShipton, Peter. "Optimisation of cricket pitch rolling." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2008. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/3369.
Full textKhurshid, Azar. "Pitch estimation for noisy speech." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1692.
Full textRobinson, Ken Lennox. "Studies in timbre and pitch." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.282971.
Full textHehrmann, Phillipp. "Pitch perception as probabilistic inference." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10062222/.
Full textAnderson, Mark David. "Pitch determination of speech signals." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14999.
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Löfstedt, Ingvar P. M. (Ingvar Pekka Magnus). "On the Swedish pitch accents." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11571.
Full textMate-Cid, Saul. "Vibrotactile perception of musical pitch." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2013. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/16013/.
Full textMathias, Samuel. "Individual differences in pitch perception." Thesis, University of York, 2010. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1481/.
Full textWatkins, Sharon C. (Sharon Carp). "Vocal Pitch-Matching: The Effect of Singing into the Right Ears of Fifth-Grade Students." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500713/.
Full textPurwins, Hendrik. "Profiles of pitch classes - circularity of relative pitch and key experiments, models, music analysis, and perspectives /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=976732440.
Full textPoole, Sean. "The development of a segmented variable pitch small horizontal axis wind turbine with active pitch control." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020583.
Full textGustavsson, Sofie, and Anders Carlsson. "Electric Actuation of Controllable Pitch Propellers." Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Technology and Science, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-3771.
Full textThis bachelor’s degree project has been conducted at the Innovation and Design Engineering programme at Karlstad University and responds to 22.5 ETCS credits. The project has been carried out in co-operation with Rolls-Royce AB in Kristinehamn.
Based upon a virtual order concerning a super yacht the objective has been to develop a controllable pitch propeller that is adjusted using electro mechanics, to eliminate the use of hydraulic oils and thus the risk of leakage to the seawater.
The pre-study consisted of the two first phases of QFD-analysis (Quality Function Deployment). The first phase consists of gathering customer requirements. Representatives from different functions within Rolls-Royce AB were interviewed, as representatives for the customer. The demands they presented were used to find product features and functionalities.
The results were put together in two Houses of Quality. The first house shows the relations between requirements and features/functionalities and their respective relevance in correlation to each other. House of Quality two describes the relations between features/functionalities and design solutions in a similar way.
Based upon the QFD-analysis, a specification was generated to be used as guidance to generate ideas of how to solve the problem. A number of brainstorming methods were used and students from Karlstad University and Rolls-Royce AB participated in those sessions. Overall, some twenty ideas were gathered and five of those were considered feasible concepts.
For further development, two of those concepts were chosen, using relative and weighted decision matrixes. This development consisted of solid modelling, based on current propeller arrangement designs, and stress calculations of the new parts of the system.
Both concepts consist of an electrical engine, powering a trapezoid screw, which moves the crosshead. In Concept 1, the screw is mounted directly into the crosshead while in Concept 2; a push rod is used to transmit the motion. Both concepts appeared to meet up to the objectives, though Concept 1 fulfilled more demands and to a greater extent.
For further development of this product, customer inquiries with closer customer contacts need to be conducted. It will also be necessary to contact the concerned classing societies, since current classification rules not can be applied to electromechanically controlled propellers.
Detta examensarbete har utförts för examen på Innovations- och designingenjörsprogrammet vid Karlstads universitet och motsvarar 22,5 hp. Projektet har genomförts tillsammans med Rolls-Royce AB i Kristinehamn.
Baserad på en virtuell order på en superyacht har målet varit att utveckla en justerbar propeller som regleras helt med elektromekanik. Detta för att eliminera användandet av hydraulolja och därmed risken för läckage till havsvattnet.
Förstudien har bestått av de två första faserna av QFD-studie (Quality Function Deployment). Den första fasen består av insamlande av kundernas önskemål. Olika representanter inom företaget, som fått representera slutkunden, intervjuades och de önskemål som kom fram användes för att hitta produktegenskaper och funktioner.
Resultaten sammanställdes i två kvalitetshus (House of Quality). Det första visar förhållandet mellan önskemål och egenskaper/funktioner samt deras respektive relevans i förhållande till varandra. Hus två beskriver på samma sätt förhållandet mellan egenskaper/funktioner och konstruktionslösningar.
Utifrån QFD-studien sammanställdes en specifikation som användes som mall för att generera idéer kring lösningen av problemet. Ett antal olika kreativitetsmetoder användes och studenter från Karlstads universitet samt anställda från Rolls-Royce AB deltog i sessionerna. Totalt togs ett tjugotal idéer fram och fem av dessa bedömdes vara genomförbara koncept.
Två av koncepten valdes ut, med hjälp av en relativ viktad kriterievalsmatris, för att utvecklas vidare. Utvecklingen bestod i att göra solidmodeller, baserat på de befintliga delarna i propellerarrangemanget, samt hållfasthetsberäkningar av de nya delar som kom att ingå i systemet.
Båda koncepten bygger på att en trapetsgängad skruv, driven av en elmotor, förflyttar kolvstångshuvudet. I koncept 1 är skruven monterad direkt i detta och i koncept 2 överförs rörelsen via en tryckstång. Båda koncepten föreföll sig lösa det uppsatta problemet även om koncept 1 visade sig uppfylla fler önskemål och i högre utsträckning.
För att komma vidare med produkten bör kundundersökningar med närmare kontakter till kunden genomföras. Det är också nödvändigt att kontakta berörda klassningssällskap, då dagens klassningsregler ej kan appliceras på elektromekaniska propellrar.
Patterson, D. J. "Linguistic approach to pitch range modelling." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492996.
Full textSzeto, Lai Tat. "Benefits and Challenges of Absolute Pitch." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10638868.
Full textAbsolute pitch (AP) is also referred to as Perfect Pitch. AP possessors are able to identify pitch in any kinds of sound without a reference point. However, Absolute Pitch may hinder possessors in music studies because it can confuse their brain. It is significant to understand that Absolute Pitch is not purely an advantage for possessors. While Absolute Pitch has great impact on possessors, it may bring negative phenomenon to them, which could decrease their learning ability.
This project’s purpose is to examine whether Absolute Pitch is a benefit or challenge in music studies. I will begin my project with archival research to provide background information and facts of Absolute Pitch. It will explain how Absolute Pitch is beneficial and challenging for musicians. Five hypotheses are suggested in the project: (1) Absolute Pitch possessors perform excellently in music dictation. (2) Absolute Pitch possessors value special tone quality. (3) Possession of Absolute Pitch is not always useful and accurate. (4) Absolute Pitch possessors have different perspectives in hearing intervals. (5) Absolute Pitch possessors have difficulty at transposing music.
Pham, Hoa T. "Vietnamese tone, tone is not pitch." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ63689.pdf.
Full textPayne, Tabitha W. "Working memory capacity and pitch discrimination." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28831.
Full textBermudez, Patrick. "The neural correlates of absolute pitch." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21968.
Full textLa capacité peu commune de l'oreille absolue (OA) nous offre l'opportunité d'étudier un comportement circonscrit qui peut être opérationnalisé et exige un traitement cognitif complexe pour son exécution. L'OA sert de modèle pour un certain nombre de fonctions perceptuelles et mnémoniques ainsi que pour des interactions entre une prédisposition biologique et une formation spécifique. Cette thèse se concentre principalement sur l'élucidation de ses substrats neuronaux. Le travail est divisé en cinq chapitres. Le premier revoit et critique la littérature pertinente aux caractéristiques développementales, comportementales, anatomiques, et fonctionnelles de l'OA. Le deuxième chapitre décrit la conception et la mise en œuvre d'un test informatisé de l'OA aboutissant en données comportementales pour 51 musiciens, dont 27 prétendaient avoir l'OA. Le test a révélé une meilleure précision et vitesse d'identification de notes diatoniques en Do majeur versus notes non-diatoniques et une gamme de performance, entre parfaite et au hasard, y compris un nombre important d'aptitudes intermédiaires. Le troisième chapitre présente une série d'explorations anatomiques qui visent à améliorer notre compréhension des corrélats structurels de l'OA. Des analyses de mesures d'épaisseur corticale et de morphométrie à base de voxel (VBM) ont été appliquées aux mêmes données d'imagerie par résonance magnétique (IRM) de 71 musiciens (27 avec l'OA) et 64 non-musiciens. L'épaisseur corticale était plus forte parmi les musiciens avec des focus au gyrus temporal supérieur et au cortex frontal dorsolatéral. Une analyse VBM de matière grise a produit une différence entre musiciens et non-musiciens centrée sur l'aspect postérolatéral du gyrus de Heschl dans l'hémisphère droit. Un contraste de possesseurs et non-possesseurs de l'OA a révélé plusieurs aires de cortex plus minces chez les possesseurs, notamment les aires postérieure
Cross, Ian. "The cognitive organisation of musical pitch." Thesis, City University London, 1989. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/7663/.
Full textBianchi, Frederick W. "The cognition of atonal pitch structures." Virtual Press, 1985. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/438705.
Full textCinkole, Bozena. "F0 patterns in Slovene pitch-accents." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.334296.
Full textBesouw, Rachel Marijke van. "Representing the pitch of vibrato tones." Thesis, University of York, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.441069.
Full textHarwood, Michael J. "Scaling the pitch for junior cricketers." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2018. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/35953.
Full textLandel, Kevin L. (Kevin Lee). "On the perception of pitch accents." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76005.
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Work was supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). N00039-86-C-0406
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Weaver, Aurora J. "The Influence of Musical Training and Maturation on Pitch Perception and Memory." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1420490879.
Full textShi, Shichang. "Lithography : friendly routing via forbidden pitch avoidance /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B30469636.
Full textvon, Sicard Brunes. "Non-magnetic pitch and heavestabilizing T-foil." Thesis, KTH, Aeronautical and Vehicle Engineering, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-11029.
Full textPitch and heave are limiting motions when driving at high speed on water. The installation ofa T-foil is an effective solution that reduces these motions. Commercial T-foils are available,but today none of them are non-magnetic. This thesis studies the possibility to design anon-magnetic T-foil that can carry the considerable loads that such a constructionexperiences. The T-foil is designed for vessels such as the Visby Class corvette.
Vortex lattice theory is used to calculate the pressure distribution acting on the construction atdifferent load cases. Required laminate thickness is determined by iteration using a linearfinite element model of the fin.
The conclusion is that it is possible to manufacture a non-magnetic T-foil of the required size.A critical area in the construction is the T-joint between the vertical strut and the horizontalfoil. Future investigations should include laboratory tests of the T-joint as well as moredetailed hydrodynamic analysis for more accurate input parameters of the T-foil.
Gordon, Ronald S. "Cortical dynamics associated with absolute pitch processing." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq24309.pdf.
Full textDescombes, Valerie. "Discrimination of pitch direction, a developmental study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0032/MQ64141.pdf.
Full textMacKenzie, Noah Aaron. "The kappa effect in pitch/time context." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1173114654.
Full textDescombes, Valérie. "Discrimination of pitch direction : a developmental study." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30159.
Full textThe main study involved two experiments; Experiment 1 examined children's ability to identify pitch direction using a visual aid; Experiment 2 examined children's spontaneous notations of the same melodic contours.
The results showed a subsequent increase in mean scores from grades 1 to 6 across both tests. The clearest increase in ability occurred within the first three grades with a plateau reached by grade four. Same-pitch patterns received the highest overall means. The ability to identify direction using a visual aid was easier for children than to write spontaneous notations. Melodic contours with larger intervals were more easily perceived.
Woods, Nicola J. "Sociolinguistic patterns in English pitch and intonation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.334882.
Full textClark, Robert A. J. "Generating synthetic pitch contours using prosodic structure." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1100.
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