Subject: [AUDITORY] Note durations in music From: "Smith, Nicholas A." <Nicholas.Smith@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:46:22 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>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.=20 You're probably already aware of this possibility, but this would be a perf= ect 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 Office: 402-452-5070 Lab: 402-452-5091 On Jun 13, 2013, at 11:00 PM, AUDITORY automatic digest system <LISTSERV@xxxxxxxx= STS.MCGILL.CA> wrote: > There is 1 message totalling 231 lines in this issue. >=20 > Topics of the day: >=20 > 1. Note durations in music >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:07:26 +0000 > From: "Patel, Aniruddh D." <a.patel@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Note durations in music >=20 > Dear list, >=20 > I'm trying to find papers which report measurements of two aspects of not= e =3D > duration in solo instrumental monophonic music (e.g., recordings of solo = vi=3D > olin, cello, trumpet, clarinet, flute, etc. - not piano, guitar, or other= i=3D > nstruments that can play multiple notes simultaneously). >=20 >=20 > 1. The average duration of notes in a piece >=20 > 2. A histogram of note durations in the piece >=20 > Thus for example this solo cello prelude by JS Bach last about 4 minutes = an=3D > d contains N notes (anybody know?), so the average note duration in this = pi=3D > ece is about N/240 notes/sec. >=20 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3DdtLKjeEssAo >=20 > If one could measure the duration of each note in this recording, then on= e =3D > could plot the histogram of note durations in the piece. >=20 > Is anyone aware of such data for any solo monophonic instrument? Musical= s=3D > tyle doesn't matter (can be classical, folk, etc.). >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Ani Patel >=20 >=20 > Aniruddh D. Patel > Associate Professor > Dept. of Psychology > Tufts University > 490 Boston Ave. > Medford, MA 02115 >=20 > a.patel@xxxxxxxx > http://ase.tufts.edu/psychology/peoplePatel.htm >=20