This paper describes the results of a model updating study conducted on a historical aqueduct, called Veziragasi, in Turkey. The output-only modal identification results obtained from ambient vibration measurements of the structure were used to update a finite element model of the structure. For the purposes of developing a solid model of the structure, the dimensions of the structure, defects,...

Considering its mediation role between the poles of rhythm, harmony, and melody, the bass plays a crucial role in most music genres. This paper introduces a novel set of transcription-based high-level features that characterize the bass and its interaction with other participating instruments. Furthermore, a new method to model and automatically retrieve different genre-specific bass playing st...

Introduction The principles of design are essential to the development and production of clothing used by individuals and families around the world. Each principle has a specific role in creating an aesthetically pleasing garment or ensemble. The principles of design consist of: balance, proportion (also referred to as scale), emphasis, and rhythm. When a garment or ensemble uses the elements a...

This paper describes a method that identifies musical chords in polyphonic musical signals. As musical chords mainly represent the harmony of music and are related to other musical elements such as melody and rhythm, we should be able to recognize chords more effectively if this interrelationship is taken into consideration. We use bass pitches as clues for improving chord recognition. The prop...

This paper presents a method for discovering patterns of note collections that repeatedly occur in a piece of music. We assume occurrences of these patterns must appear at least twice across a musical work and that they may contain slight differences in harmony, timbre, or rhythm. We describe an algorithm that makes use of techniques from the music information retrieval task of music segmentati...

The direct application of ideas from music theory and music signal processing has not yet led to successful musical multimedia systems. We present a research framework that addresses the limitations of conventional approaches by questioning their (often tacit) underlying principles. We discuss several case studies from our own research on the extraction of musical rhythm, timbre, harmony, and s...

suhrawardi’s logic of the hikmat al-ishraq is basically modal. so to understand his modal logic one first has to know the non-modal part upon which his modal logic is built. in my previous paper ‘suhrawardi on syllogisms’(3) i discussed the former in detail. the present paper is an exposition of his treatment of modal syllogisms. on the basis of some reasonable existential presuppositions and a...

This paper presents a method for discovering patterns of note collections that repeatedly occur in a piece of music. We assume occurrences of these patterns must appear at least twice across a musical work and that they may contain slight differences in harmony, timbre, or rhythm. We describe an algorithm that makes use of techniques from the music information retrieval task of music segmentati...

Music is a universal but still poorly understood form of human communication in which abstract patterns of sound can cause people to cry, laugh, dance, reflect, bond and even mate. Rhythm is a basic organising principle of music, providing a strict temporal framework for an infinite variety of playful and expressive musical behaviours, from clapping and dancing in a group to a virtuosic violin ...

the present paper sets out to investigate the syntactic category of persian modals, šâyad ‘perhaps’ and bâyad ‘must’. the syntactic category of the two modal elements has been viewed differently by different scholars. a number of scholars argue that both šâyad and bâyad are modal auxiliaries, while others claim that they both are modal adverbs. we propose that šâyad is a modal adverb and bâyad ...