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[AUDITORY] Note durations in music

Dear Ani,

I just reread the section on statistical analyses of tonal compositions, in Carol Krumhansl's (1990, p. 62-76) book, and note duration data is harder to come by than frequency of occurrence data. 

You're probably already aware of this possibility, but this would be a perfect application for David Huron's Humdrum. The music database does include work for solo flute and other solo instruments.

http://www.music-cog.ohio-state.edu/Music824/databases.index.html

Nick


Nicholas A. Smith, Ph.D.
Director, Perceptual Development Laboratory
Boys Town National Research Hospital
555 North 30th St, Omaha, NE, 68144
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On Jun 13, 2013, at 11:00 PM, AUDITORY automatic digest system <LISTSERV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Date:    Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:07:26 +0000
> From:    "Patel, Aniruddh D." <a.patel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Note durations in music
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> Dear list,
> 
> I'm trying to find papers which report measurements of two aspects of note =
> duration in solo instrumental monophonic music (e.g., recordings of solo vi=
> olin, cello, trumpet, clarinet, flute, etc. - not piano, guitar, or other i=
> nstruments that can play multiple notes simultaneously).
> 
> 
> 1.       The average duration of notes in a piece
> 
> 2.       A histogram of note durations in the piece
> 
> Thus for example this solo cello prelude by JS Bach last about 4 minutes an=
> d contains N notes (anybody know?), so the average note duration in this pi=
> ece is about N/240 notes/sec.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DdtLKjeEssAo
> 
> If one could measure the duration of each note in this recording, then one =
> could plot the histogram of note durations in the piece.
> 
> Is anyone aware of such data for any solo monophonic instrument?  Musical s=
> tyle doesn't matter (can be classical, folk, etc.).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ani Patel
> 
> 
> Aniruddh D. Patel
> Associate Professor
> Dept. of Psychology
> Tufts University
> 490 Boston Ave.
> Medford, MA 02115
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> a.patel@xxxxxxxxx
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