expressive performance

collocation in English

meaningsofexpressiveandperformance

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expressive
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈspres.ɪv/us
/ɪkˈspres.ɪv/
showing what someone thinks ...
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performance
noun
uk
/pəˈfɔː.məns/us
/pɚˈfɔːr.məns/
how well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or ...
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(Definition ofexpressiveandperformancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This paper discusses how a project involving music for electronics and acoustic saxophone drove the development of a human computer interface extending theexpressiveperformancepossibilities of the saxophone.
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The difference between expressiveness and improvisation is very narrow: when do we consider that we still have anexpressiveperformanceand when does it become improvisation?
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They distinguish between basic performance cues, interpretive performance cues, andexpressiveperformancecues.
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Like all blues music it is based onexpressiveperformanceand human emotion.
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The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship of individualexpressiveperformanceto ensemble achievement, technical achievement, and musical background.
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The telling point is that the mask of coolness is worn not only in time of stress, but also of pleasure, in fields ofexpressiveperformanceand the dance.
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Kaczmarski was known not only for his politically motivated lyrics but also for his characteristically dynamic even aggressive classical guitar playing, andexpressiveperformancestyle.
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Suzuki et al. also use example cases of expressive performances to generate multiple performances of a given piece with varying musical expression.
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The diminutive actress quickly won a loyal fan base with her intense and expressive performances.
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Betterton's expressive performances seem to have attracted playgoers as magnetically as did the novelty of seeing women on the stage.
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Unlike the early sequencers used to play mechanical sounding sequence with exactly equal length, the new ones recorded and played back expressive performances by real musicians.
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