Ambiguity, and its resolution, are key elements of communication; and, in particular, of music (See, e.g., the examples discussed by L. Bernstein in bis f amous Harvard lectures [1). Besides rhythmical ambiguity, it is particularly harmonic ambiguity of both simultaneaus notes, i.e., chords, and of sequential notes, i.e., rnelodies, that play a major role. Auditory pitch comes into play through...

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In this project, we have developed a real-time writing instrument for music control. The controller, MusicGrip, can capture the subtle dynamics of the user’s grip while writing or drawing and map this to musical control signals and sonic outputs. This paper discusses this conversion of the common motor motion of handwriting into an innovative form of music expression. The presented example inst...

Abstract How can imitation lead to free musical expression? This article explores the role of auditory in jazz. Even though many renowned jazz musicians have assessed method imitating recorded music, no systematic study has hitherto explored how prepares for aural improvisation. The uses Berliner's assumption that learning by is “just like” a mother tongue. studies three potential stages method...

Regardless of Eric Hobsbawm’s negativistic understanding, ‘tradition’ is a powerful and dynamic (and in no way traditionalist) concept academic folkloristics. The widespread scepticism against ‘traditional music’, both as recognizable field research matter theoretical thought, based on an insufficient sometimes stereotypic understanding term with fascinating history. I argue that there good rea...

Aural queries, often called “query by humming”, are a popular input to music information-retrieval systems. These systems perform a complex series of operations, from transcribing input to retrieving pieces. We suggest a test-bed needs to represent each data-processing stage, from initial transcription of an audio query, to the relevancy ranking of each piece in the database compared to a parti...

The rhythmogram is the visual output of an algorithm developed by Todd and Brown which is characterised as a “multi-scale auditory model” consisting of a number of stages that are meant to emulate the response of the lower levels of the auditory system. The aim of the current study is to continue the author’s SIAM approach of employing a cognitive model, in combination with signal processing te...