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Personages of guitar, their contribution to world music and guitar playing
Bělohoubek, Martin ; Sládek, Libor (advisor) ; Pecháček, Stanislav (referee)
In recent years the guitar has belonged to the most popular instruments. Its influence reaches many countries, where it has found its new home. It is most significant in music styles such as blues, rock and country. It is evident that these styles would not develop without the guitar. The work deals with the impact of the guitar and guitar players on the history of styles, looks into techniques of various guitarists and classifies them into the history of genres. One chapter is devoted to riff, the melodic sequence, which influenced the thinking of rock musicians in a fundamental way. Guitarists have gradually become heroes, attracting masses of listeners. Consequently, their popularity is used in advertising in order to promote certain goods. For this reason the theme of advertisement has been introduced. The final chapter of this work focuses on the practical use of the instrument in music lessons and presents drafts of song guitar accompaniments.
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Possible relation between instrument playing and occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders among guitarists and pianists
Trněná, Gabriela ; Pospíšilová, Mariana (advisor) ; Tolar, Jan (referee)
Playing a musical instrument requires hours of exposure to a fixed position and a performance of greatly repeated movements. This excessive physical load in combination with other factors can often result in playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD). This thesis specifies the definition of PRMD, clarifies the idea of musician's medicine as a fairly new specialization, titles the most commonly occurring medical conditions and risk factors in musicians with an emphasis on guitarists (classical and electric guitar players) and pianists. It also offers recommendations on how to play these instruments with respect to the ergonomics. The aim of practical part of the thesis was to find the possible relation between PRMD and instrument playing among guitarists and pianists in the last 12 months. It was composed of three parts: questionnaire of musculoskeletal disorders, clinical examination and video-analysis of instrument playing. The study surveyed 401 guitarists and pianists without specified instrumental level. 19 of these participated in the clinical examination. The analysis of questionnaire data revealed PRMD in 55,6 % musicians mainly localized in neck (19,8 %); more specifically, in pianists in neck and both hands (equally 27,4 %); however, in guitarists in left hand (18,6 %). Asymmetry has...
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Stolička pro hudebníky
Tvrzníková, Pavla
This thesis describes designing and development the chair designed for specific musician, primarily for banjo or other instruments playing. The aim was to make a functional seat, which ensures comfort and helps the musician to focus his attention on the performance. The designer takes into consideration the right playing banjo position, body ergonomics, some of already made and used music chairs together with requirements and dimensions of the owner´s body. The result of this thesis is X-shaped folding chair with higher level seat, with belt footrest, backrest and without armrests. Solid beech wood, beech plywood and steel were used for making this chair. When making this chair typical furniture technologies and methods were used.
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Use of Augumented Reality to Teach Guitar/Bass Playing
Kajan, Miroslav ; Zachariáš, Michal (referee) ; Šolony, Marek (advisor)
This final work deals with a design and implementation of a system suitable for teaching guitar playing by using the technology of augmented reality. A webcam and the musical instrument itself are necessary for a guitar player to achieve the main aim. The system is based on a principal of homography and other techniques to work with the image. The system also renders the tones of a chosen trained element (an accord or a scale) right into the image captured by a webcam.
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Publicistic portrait of Roman Zajíček - the world-class luthier from Kolín
Fryml, Filip ; Lokšík, Martin (advisor) ; Halada, Andrej (referee)
The thesis is focused on journalistic portrait as a complete genre in the current documentary field. The theoretical part is focused on the technical elements which this type of documentary should cover. It includes preparations for the shooting, how to act at the shooting and what to be aware of. I also mentioned the importance of communication with the person so that the final portrait would be as natural as possible. At last I focused on the basic rules of editing which need to be followed. In the practical part is explained how I managed to apply the theoretical knowledge during shooting and editing of the journalistic portrait Guitars' chef. Apart from the specialized literature I also drew on my personal experience during the shooting, which I gained throughout my work in the audiovisual field.
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Musical instruments manufacturing in the Czech Republic
Šustová, Karolina ; ŠTILEC, Jiří (advisor) ; BĚLOR, Roman (referee)
The thesis analyses musical instruments manufacturing in the Czech Republic or to be more precise, guitar manufacturing. This specific segment, being both art and craft, is introduced from different perspectives.
The first section is focused on history of manufacturing from the first half of the 20th century till now. From available sources I put together a list of active manufacturers and point to their affiliation with important organisations which associate them. Based on the facts gathered through my communication with manufacturers and my research I come to an average output, export breadth and the means of distribution. I also focus on client relations, attracting new ones and the overall competitiveness. In the final section I analyse the manufacturing itself – the types, actual trends, innovations and manufacturers´ preferences when it comes to components.
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NEGLECTED SOUL-JAZZ GUITARISTS OF THE 1960s
Šmoldas, Libor ; HONZÁK, Jaromír (advisor) ; DORŮŽKA, David (referee)
This work deals with a musical genre that borders jazz, gospel and blues, so-called soul-jazz, which peaked in popularity in the 1960s in the USA and as a predominantly afro-american art form went almost unnoticed by the mainstream critics and journalists. The aim of the analysis is to specify it’s characteristics, introduce it’s representatives out of guitarists and describe their musical careers and style. The output of the thesis will be enrichment of my own style in both improvisation and composition.
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Possible relation between instrument playing and occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders among guitarists and pianists
Trněná, Gabriela ; Pospíšilová, Mariana (advisor) ; Tolar, Jan (referee)
Playing a musical instrument requires hours of exposure to a fixed position and a performance of greatly repeated movements. This excessive physical load in combination with other factors can often result in playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD). This thesis specifies the definition of PRMD, clarifies the idea of musician's medicine as a fairly new specialization, titles the most commonly occurring medical conditions and risk factors in musicians with an emphasis on guitarists (classical and electric guitar players) and pianists. It also offers recommendations on how to play these instruments with respect to the ergonomics. The aim of practical part of the thesis was to find the possible relation between PRMD and instrument playing among guitarists and pianists in the last 12 months. It was composed of three parts: questionnaire of musculoskeletal disorders, clinical examination and video-analysis of instrument playing. The study surveyed 401 guitarists and pianists without specified instrumental level. 19 of these participated in the clinical examination. The analysis of questionnaire data revealed PRMD in 55,6 % musicians mainly localized in neck (19,8 %); more specifically, in pianists in neck and both hands (equally 27,4 %); however, in guitarists in left hand (18,6 %). Asymmetry has...
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