The cognition of basic musical structures / David Temperley. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Temperley, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music theory--Data processing.

Music theory.

Musical perception--Computer simulation.

Musical perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 404 p. ) ill., music ;

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, David Temperley addresses a fundamental question about music cognition: how do we extract basic kinds of musical information, such as meter, phrase structure, counterpoint, pitch spelling, harmony, and key from music as we hear it? Taking a computational approach, Temperley develops models for generating these aspects of musical structure. The models he proposes are based on preference rules, which are criteria for evaluating a possible structural analysis of a piece of music. A preference rule system evaluates many possible interpretations and chooses the one that best satisfies the rules. After an introductory chapter, Temperley presents preference rule systems for generating six basic kinds of musical structure: meter, phrase structure, contrapuntal structure, harmony, and key, as well as pitch spelling (the labeling of pitch events with spellings such as A flat or G sharp). He suggests that preference rule systems not only show how musical structures are inferred, but also shed light on other aspects of music. He substantiates this claim with discussions of musical ambiguity, retrospective revision, expectation, and music outside the Western canon (rock and traditional African music). He proposes a framework for the description of musical styles based on preference rule systems and explores the relevance of preference rule systems to higher-level aspects of music, such as musical schemata, narrative and drama, and musical tension [Publisher description].

Contents:

An Unanswered Question

Music Cognition and Music Theory

The Input Representation

The Preference Rule Approach

The Implementation Strategy

Six Preference Rule Systems

Metrical Structure

Meter

Previous Research on Metrical Analysis

A Preference Rule System for Meter

Implementation

Problems and Possible Improvements

Other Factors in Metrical Structure

Choosing the Right Tactus

Melodic Phrase Structure

Musical Grouping and Phrase Structure

Studies of Musical Grouping in Psychology

Models of Grouping Structure

A Preference Rule System for Melodic Phrase Structure

Implementation and Tests

Grouping in Polyphonic Music

Contrapuntal Structure

Counterpoint

Sequential Integration in Auditory Psychology

Computational Models of Contrapuntal Analysis

A Preference Rule System for Contrapuntal Analysis

Pitch Spelling and the Tonal-Pitch-Class Representation

Pitch-Class, Harmony, and Key

Spatial Representations in Music Theory

Tonal-Pitch-Class Labeling

A Preference Rule System for Tonal-Pitch-Class Labeling

Harmonic Structure

Harmony

Experimental and Computational Work on Harmonic Analysis

A Preference Rule System for Harmonic Analysis

Some Subtle Features of the Model

Other Aspects of Harmonic Structure

Key Structure

Key

Psychological and Computational Work on Key

The Krumhansl-Schmuckler Key-Finding Algorithm

Improving the Algorithm's Performance

Modulation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-391) and indexes.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-262-28476-6

0-585-44522-2