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Music and probability

By David Temperley

Book information

Publisher
MIT Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9780262201667, 0262201666
Open Library ID
OL22745375M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2732834 bytes)
Edition
annotated edition
Pages
257\257
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

In Music and Probability , David Temperley explores issues in music perception and cognition from a probabilistic perspective. The application of probabilistic ideas to music has been pursued only sporadically over the past four decades, but the time is ripe, Temperley argues, for a reconsideration of how probabilities shape music perception and even music itself. Recent advances in the application of probability theory to other domains of cognitive modeling, coupled with new evidence and theoretical insights about the working of the musical mind, have laid the groundwork for more fruitful investigations. Temperley proposes computational models for two basic cognitive processes, the perception of key and the perception of meter, using techniques of Bayesian probabilistic modeling. Drawing on his own research and surveying recent work by others, Temperley explores a range of further issues in music and probability, including transcription, phrase perception, pattern perception, harmony, improvisation, and musical styles.

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