dc.contributor.author | Zanette, Damián H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-11T18:24:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-11T18:24:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ziv, N. & Eitan, Z. (2007). Themes as prototypes: Similarity judgments and categorization tasks in musical contexts. Musicae Scientiae, Discussion Forum 4A, 99-133. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/19326 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article discusses the extension of the notion of context from linguistics to the domain of music. In language, the statistical regularity known as Zipf s law which concerns the frequency of usage of different words has been quantitatively related to the process of text generation. The connection is established by Simon s model, on the basis of a few assumptions regarding the accompanying creation of context. This model captures the essential mechanism of repetition of perceptual elements, which underlies the construction of a structured, comprehensible message. Here, it is shown that the statistics of note usage in musical compositions are compatible with the predictions of Simon s model. This result, which gives objective support to the conceptual likeness of context in language and music, is obtained through automatic analysis of the digital versions of several compositions. As a by-product, a quantitative measure of context definiteness is introduced, and used to compare tonal and atonal works. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.title | Zipf's law and the creation of musical context | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201804202148 | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | restrictedAccess | |