Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Note durations in music From: Ian Cross <ic108@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:45:54 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050004040307050103000300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ani, have you checked whether anything might be available on the ISMIR site (Music Information Retrieval), at http://www.ismir.net/? If anything exists, it should be referenced somewhere there (you may have to plough through a fairly large number of papers to get to it!). Best, Ian On 12/06/2013 21:07, Patel, Aniruddh D. wrote: > > 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 violin, cello, trumpet, clarinet, flute, etc. -- not piano, > guitar, or other instruments 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 and contains N notes (anybody know?), so the average note > duration in this piece is about N/240 notes/sec. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLKjeEssAo > > 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 style 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 > > a.patel@xxxxxxxx > > http://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/peoplePatel.htm > -- Ian Cross Director, Centre for Music & Science Faculty of Music University of Cambridge Cambridge CB3 9DP www.cam.ac.uk/~cross --------------050004040307050103000300 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Ani, have you checked whether anything might be available on the ISMIR site (Music Information Retrieval), at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ismir.net/">http://www.ismir.net/</a>? If anything exists, it should be referenced somewhere there (you may have to plough through a fairly large number of papers to get to it!).<br> Best,<br> Ian<br> <br> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/06/2013 21:07, Patel, Aniruddh D. wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:12769_1371098111_51B94BFF_12769_138_1_E06FF38A806E884E9F935E87BFE5694CF5567D@xxxxxxxx" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @xxxxxxxx {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph {mso-style-priority:34; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.5in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} @xxxxxxxx WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} /* List Definitions */ @xxxxxxxx l0 {mso-list-id:439489885; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:1351929726 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715 67698703 67698713 67698715;} @xxxxxxxx l0:level1 {mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} @xxxxxxxx l0:level2 {mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} @xxxxxxxx l0:level3 {mso-level-number-format:roman-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:right; text-indent:-9.0pt;} @xxxxxxxx l0:level4 {mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} @xxxxxxxx l0:level5 {mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} @xxxxxxxx l0:level6 {mso-level-number-format:roman-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:right; text-indent:-9.0pt;} @xxxxxxxx l0:level7 {mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} @xxxxxxxx l0:level8 {mso-level-number-format:alpha-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in;} @xxxxxxxx l0:level9 {mso-level-number-format:roman-lower; mso-level-tab-stop:none; mso-level-number-position:right; text-indent:-9.0pt;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal">Dear list,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">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 violin, cello, trumpet, clarinet, flute, etc. – not piano, guitar, or other instruments that can play multiple notes simultaneously).<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><!--[endif]-->The average duration of notes in a piece<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><!--[endif]-->A histogram of note durations in the piece<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thus for example this solo cello prelude by JS Bach last about 4 minutes and contains N notes (anybody know?), so the average note duration in this piece is about N/240 notes/sec. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLKjeEssAo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLKjeEssAo</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If one could measure the duration of each note in this recording, then one could plot the histogram of note durations in the piece.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is anyone aware of such data for any solo monophonic instrument? Musical style doesn’t matter (can be classical, folk, etc.). <br> <br> Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ani Patel<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Aniruddh D. Patel<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Dept. of Psychology<br> Tufts University<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">490 Boston Ave.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Medford, MA 02115<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:a.patel@xxxxxxxx">a.patel@xxxxxxxx</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/peoplePatel.htm">http://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/peoplePatel.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </blockquote> <br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Ian Cross Director, Centre for Music & Science Faculty of Music University of Cambridge Cambridge CB3 9DP <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cam.ac.uk/~cross">www.cam.ac.uk/~cross</a></pre> </body> </html> --------------050004040307050103000300--