Tag: Digital Musicology
Tong Yun San Gong: a step-by-step demonstration of the evolution of the Chinese heptatonic scales
What are the differences between heptatonic scales used in China and in other cultures? Here we introduce three levels in the Chinese scale system: Yun (均), Gong (宫), Diao (调), and try to illustrate the Chinese scale derivation process called “three Gong in the same Yun (同均三宫 Tong Yun San Gong)”, a theory first proposed (…)
Release of Corelli trio sonatas annotated by music theory experts
At this year’s ISMIR (International Society for Music Information Retrieval) online conference we introduced a workflow paradigm for remote consensus building between expert annotators, and showcased one possible implementation by releasing a (nearly completed) Corelli dataset created with it. It includes the scores of 36 sonatas (opp. 1, 3, and 4) in MuseScore 3 format (…)
The MuseScore Parser ms3
The DCML has created a large collection of ~1,000 annotated MuseScore files which contain harmonic analysis encoded in the DCML harmonic annotation standard. So far, only a very small portion of it, the Annotated Beethoven Sonatas, is publicly available, but the rest will follow suit. In this short presentation (< 8 minutes), Johannes gives an (…)
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Mission Statement Music is a ubiquitous phenomenon across cultures around the world. Why does music play such an important role in human life? What are the underlying cognitive structures? How did they evolve? What are the musical features and processes shared between various genres, historical styles, and cultures? How did musical universals emerge? How can (…)