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Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 133, Issue 102
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Kieren MacMillan |
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Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 133, Issue 102 |
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Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:34:49 -0500 |
Hi all,
> I took Kieren’s idea to be a sort of 'spectral’ analysis
> At least, I understand Kieren to be wondering "what is the distribution of
> pitches
> assigned to a given instrument throughout this score?" or less
> technically, what portion of each instrument's range does this
> score utilize? This is somewhat like a "weighted ambitus" as
> shown perhaps by a bell curve which shows not only the highest
> and lowest pitches, but also includes the weighting of which
> pitches are used more frequently than others.
Precisely! I imagine the best visualization would be an ambitus the thickness
of which represents the proportion of that pitch versus the total number of
pitches (or duration?) of the whole piece.
> Have you seen the 'musanim' music animations on YouTube?
They are fascinating! Put those together with my brainstorm (and a few others),
and you have a real 21st Century musicological tool.
Best,
Kieren.
- RE: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 133, Issue 102, Jan Rosseel, 2013/12/11
- Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 133, Issue 102, Kieren MacMillan, 2013/12/11
- Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 133, Issue 102, Richard Shann, 2013/12/12
- Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 133, Issue 102, David Kastrup, 2013/12/12
- RE: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 133, Issue 102, Eduardo Silva, 2013/12/12
- Re: lilypond-user Digest, Vol 133, Issue 102, Jim Long, 2013/12/12