Rhythm Similarity and Symbolic Dynamics

Year: 2014 Authors: Terrence Richard Blackman; John Belcher

Core claim

The metric d(s,t)=Σ|s_i−t_i|/2^i from symbolic dynamics can help explore and compare rhythmic closeness.

Topics

rhythmic similarity, symbolic dynamics, music information retrieval, polyrhythm

Domains

metric spaces, sequence spaces, discrete dynamical systems, music, percussion, ethnomusicology

Methods

distance metric comparison, binary sequence encoding, example computation

Media

1 rhythm sequences, percussion ensemble patterns, timeline part

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