In this paper, we focus on the rhythmic component of symbolic music similarity, proposing several ways to extract a monophonic rhythmic signature from a symbolic polyphonic score. To go beyond the simple extraction of all time intervals between onsets (noteson extraction), we select notes according to their length (short and long extractions) or their intensities (intensity+/− extractions). Onc...

There is significant controversy between music theorists and performers about the value relevance of study theory for performers. As I argue in this paper, dissatisfaction on part existing analytical methods stems from fact that majority these do not address particular needs performers, who, unlike theorists, engage with a more bodily than intellectual way. The goal article to propose new analy...

This paper outlines a cognitive and comparative perspective on human rhythmic cognition that emphasizes a key distinction between pulse perception and meter perception. Pulse perception involves the extraction of a regular pulse or "tactus" from a stream of events. Meter perception involves grouping of events into hierarchical trees with differing levels of "strength", or perceptual prominence....

This paper presents a real-time rhythm tracking system that recognizes a rhythmic structure in musical audio signals without drum-sounds. Most previous systems dealt with MIDI signals and had di culty in processing, in real time, audio signals containing sounds of various instruments and in tracking rhythm above the quarter-note level. Our system not only tracks beats at the quarter-note level ...

There is a long tradition of investigating various disorders of musical abilities after stroke. These impairments, associated with acquired amusia, can be highly selective, affecting only music perception (i.e., receptive abilities/functions) or expression (music production abilities), and some patients report that these may dramatically influence their emotional state. The aim of this study wa...

Adults who engage in synchronous movement to music later report liking each other better, remembering more about each other, trusting each other more, and are more likely to cooperate with each other compared to adults who engage in asynchronous movements. Although poor motor coordination limits infants' ability to entrain to a musical beat, they perceive metrical structure in auditory rhythm p...

In the context of the live coding of music and computational creativity, literature examining perceptual relationships between text, speech and instrumental sounds are surveyed, including the use of vocable words in music. A system for improvising polymetric rhythms with vocable words is introduced, together with a working prototype for producing rhythmic continuations within the system. This i...