Makam Gus Dur, Ikon Pariwisata Jombang*

Gus Stadler

Sinfonia in A dur

N-gram Based Statistical Makam Detection on Makam Music in Turkey Using Symbolic Data

This work studies the effect of different score representations and the potential of n-grams in makam classification for traditional makam music in Turkey. While makams are defined with various characteristics including a distinct set of pitches, pitch hierarchy, melodic direction, typical phrases and typical makam transitions, such characteristics result in certain n-gram distributions which c...

Automatic Transcription of Turkish Makam Music

In this paper we propose an automatic system for transcribing makam music of Turkey. We document the specific traits of this music that deviate from properties that were targeted by transcription tools so far and we compile a dataset of makam recordings along with aligned microtonal ground-truth. An existing multi-pitch detection algorithm is adapted for transcribing music in 20 cent resolution...

‘Liminal Dub’ by Gus Cummins

Images from ‘Dub in Liminal [4_TD$DIFF]Space’ produced in 2009–2010 towards MRes Digital Art and Technology at University of Plymouth. I embrace the ‘Dub [7_TD$DIFF]Reggae’ music genre. It strips the language from songs, sometimes returning it in a fragmented form, ornamented with delays and echoes. It provides an analogy for temporal lobe seizures; I experience dub versions of events, with lan...