A Mathematical Analysis of African, Brazilian and Cuban Clave Rhythms

Year: 2002 Authors: Godfried Toussaint

Core claim

Pressing’s complexity measure matches performance difficulty better than Lempel-Ziv, and Son emerges as the most broadly similar clave rhythm.

Topics

rhythm analysis, geometric representation, automated recognition, combinatorial generation

Domains

graph theory, combinatorics, geometry, similarity measures, music, percussion, rhythm visualization

Methods

convex polygon analysis, box notation, binary sequence encoding, complexity measures, similarity comparison

Media

4 clave and bell patterns, clock diagrams, standard notation, TUBS box notation

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