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Using Statistical Modeling, Rate of Change of Pitch and Inter-Onset Interval to Distinguish Between Restful and Restless Ragas

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Given that the strength of statistics lies in modelling, we are motivated to do a comparative statistical study between two types of ragas, one being aesthetically known to be restful and the other restless in nature. We first try to distinguish these two types through statistical modeling. To substantiate our findings, two more statistical features are considered in the paper to separate the two categories of ragas, namely the rate of change of pitch and inter-onset interval. The experimental results are encouraging.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Patna Campus, Patna, India

    Poonam Priyadarshini

  2. Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India

    Soubhik Chakraborty

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Priyadarshini, P., Chakraborty, S. Using Statistical Modeling, Rate of Change of Pitch and Inter-Onset Interval to Distinguish Between Restful and Restless Ragas. Commun. Math. Stat. 5, 199–212 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40304-017-0108-7

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