We are developing RGeme (Rhythmic Meme Generator), an artificial intelligence system for the composition of rhythmic streams inspired by Richard Dawkin's theory of memes. The system is based on intelligent agents that learn from examples and interact by generating rhythms. The system has two broad stages. In the first one, the learning stage, which is the main focus of this paper, Agents are tr...

Previous research shows that children with language impairments (LI) are significantly less rhythmic during motor tasks than typically developing children who are chronologically and linguistically agematched. This study aims to explore a speech rhythm task and to shed new light on the rhythmic abilities of children with LI. Specifically, the authors investigate whether children with LI are imp...

Studies that have dealt with the effect of sound spectral and temporal properties on environmental sound identification have focused on a narrow range of sounds [1, 2, 3]. The purpose of the research was to evaluate the effect of sound temporal characteristics on the identification of 72 different environmental sounds, 29 of them having a rhythmic structure. We used a gating paradigm, involving...

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to compare physical activity and biochemical markers with bone mineral acquisition in rhythmic gymnasts and ballet dancers. METHODS Weight, height, body mass index, nutritional intake, bone age and menstrual histories were analyzed in nine rhythmic gymnasts, twelve ballet dancers and fourteen controls. Bone mineral density (BMD) was assessed by X-ray absorptiometry at th...

In multi-component, discrete systems, such as Boolean networks and cellular automata, the scheme of updating of the individual elements plays a crucial role in determining their dynamic properties and their suitability as models of complex phenomena. Many interesting properties of these systems rely heavily on the use of synchronous updating of the individual elements. Considerations of parsimo...

In this paper we investigate the role of rhythmic similarity as part of melodic similarity in the context of Folksong research. We define a rhythmic similarity measure based on Inner Metric Analysis and apply it to groups of similar melodies. The comparison with a similarity measure of the SIMILE software shows that the two models agree on the number of melodies that are considered very similar...

Two quantization models for ‘expressive’ rendering of complex rhythmic patterns are discussed. A multinesting quantizer captures expressivity by allowing fine-grained/high-quality resolution, thus covering the automatic transcription of a wide range of rhythmic configurations, yielding from simple to rather complex music notations. A look-up table quantizer is discussed as another model to atta...

in treating the subject of musical language, a persian musician would be intrinsically drawn to the structural similarities between the persian music and language. indeed persian music and language are extremely related in their metrics, intonations and structural phrases (syntax). although we will draw upon this relationship, our aim in this article is to present “music as a language,” consist...

The regional distribution of spinal cord networks producing locomotor-like, as well as non-locomotor-like, activity was studied with the use of an in vitro neonatal rat preparation. Rhythmic activity was induced by bath application of either serotonin (5-HT), acetylcholine (ACh), N-methyl-D,L-aspartate (NMA), or combined 5-HT/NMA, and was monitored via hindlimb flexor (peroneal) and extensor (t...