JIC 1996: Music, Gestalt, and Computing pp 407-420 | Cite as

Technology of interpretation and expressive pulses

  • Andranick Tanguiane
V. From Musical Expression to Interactive Computer Systems
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 1317)

Abstract

Musical performance is considered from the points of view of interpretation and nuance, the former requiring mainly analytical, the latter technical skills. Interpretation is understood as finding a structure in a musical text by its segmentation and determining the relation between Gestalt segments. Nuancing is understood as a means of showing the segments by intonation patterns. A system of rules has been developed which aim to do segmentation and the First Movement of Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in G major (Op.3 No.3) is taken as an example of how to use the analysis-based method for the interpretation. The interpretation has been realized both by a computer and by a violin pupil appropriately instructed.

Keywords

Musical Performance Music Perception Royal Swedish Academy Tempo Change Musical Form 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Andranick Tanguiane
    • 1
  1. 1.FernUniversitätHagenGermany

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