Pitch class set categories as analysis tools for degrees of tonality

Authors
Publication date 2010
Host editors
  • J.D. Downie
  • R.C. Veltkamp
Book title ISMIR 2010 : proceedings of the 11th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference
Book subtitle August 9-13, 2010, Utrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
  • 9789039353813
Event 11th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference
Pages (from-to) 459-464
Publisher International Society for Music Information Retrieval
Organisations
  • Interfacultary Research - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
Abstract This is an explorative paper in which we present a new method for music analysis based on pitch class set categories. It has been shown before that pitch class sets can be divided into six different categories. Each category inherits a typical character which can "tell" something about the music in which it appears. In this paper we explore the possibilities of using pitch class set categories for 1) classification in major/minor mode, 2) classification in tonal/atonal music, 3) determination of a degree of tonality, and 4) determination of a composer’s period.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at http://ismir2010.ismir.net/proceedings/ismir2010-78.pdf
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