Week 7 (26 Feb 2003): Linear Structures

1. Student summaries of the class.

2. Solution to chord functions:
   
   
   • "Minuet in G" by J.S. Bach -- a solution: [ PPT ]
   
   
   
3. Multi-voice examples from Bach's A Musical Offering ( hear MIDIs at the Bach Connection )
   
   
   • No.1 Ricercare a 3
   • No.5 Ricercare a 6
   
   Check out Douglas R. Hofstadter's "Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid"
   
   
   • A GEB Symposium!
   
   
   
4. Automated Transcription
   
   
   • "From MIDI to Traditional Musical Notation."
     by Cambouropoulos, E. (2000) In Proceedings of the AAAI Workshop on AI and Music: Towards Formal Models for Composition, Performance and Analysis.

     ( Presentation by Erdem Unal -- PPT )

5. Decomposing the voices ...
   
   
   • "The avoidance of part-crossing in polyphonic music: Perceptual evidence and musical practice" by Huron, D. (1991) Music Perception, 9:1. pp. 93-104.

     ( Presentation by Mo -- PPT )
     

   • "Voice Separation -- a local optimization approach" by Kilian, J. & Hoos, H. (2002) In Proceedings of the 3rd ISMIR, p.39-46.

     ( Presentation by Phillip Wu -- PPT )

6. Assigned Readings (handed out in class)
   
   
   • Notes on
     "The Local Boundary Detection Model (LBDM) and its Application in the Study of Expressive Timing." by Cambouropoulos E. (2001). In Proceedings of the ICMC 2001.

7. Project proposals

Posted 26 Feb 2003.