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Motivic matching strategies for automated pattern extraction
(2007)
This article proposes an approach to the problem of automated extraction of motivic patterns in monodies. Different musical dimensions, restricted in current approaches to the most prominent melodic and rhythmic features ...
Music, musicality, "musilanguage"
(2008)
The aims of this article are to select, to summarise, and to critically discuss the principal topics presented in the papers of this special issue. Two main themes have been developed: the first makes reference to the ...
The emergence of music from the Theory of Mind
(2009)
It is commonly argued that music originated in human evolution as an adaptation to selective pressures. In this paper we present an alternative account in which music originated from a more general adaptation known ...
From maladaptation to competition to cooperation in the evolution of musical behaviour
(2009)
We propose a model of how a maladaptive and competitive system of musical interaction, based on a notion of enchantment, can evolve towards a cooperative system. This model supports our position that social competitive ...
Book reviews
(2006)
Musicality and the human capacity for culture
(2008)
This paper proposes that the human capacity for musicality is integral to the human capacity for culture, and that the key feature of music that motivates its efficacy is its indeterminacy of meaning, or floating ...
Comparison of rhythm in musical scores and performances as measured with the Pairwise Variability Index
(2010)
This paper tests two hypotheses: (1) the normalized Pairwise Variability Index (nPVI) values computed on the basis of recorded performances may be higher than the nPVI values computed for the same works as musical scores, ...
The influence of melodic and rhythmic redundancies on recognition memory for unknown musical themes
(2009)
The aim of this study was to assess the influence of melodic and rhythmic redundancies, and their interaction with tonality, on recognition memory for music. Forty-four non-musicians performed a recognition task with unknown ...
Mobile listening situations in everyday life: The use of MP3 players while travelling
(2010)
Due to technological developments including MP3 format and portable music players, people are now easily able to listen to music to accompany almost every everyday life situation, and music listening is particularly common ...
The perception of structural boundaries in melody lines of Western popular music
(2009)
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the perception of structural boundaries in six popular music songs. In the segmentation experiment, participants were asked to indicate perceived segment boundaries in monophonic ...