Structures in Sound: Analysis of Classical Music Using the Information Length

We show that music is represented by fluctuations away from the minimum path through statistical space. Our key idea is to envision music as the evolution of a non-equilibrium system and to construct probability distribution functions (PDFs) from musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) files of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schuyler Nicholson, Eun-jin Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-07-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/18/7/258