Markov Chains as Tools for Jazz Improvisation Analysis

This thesis describes an exploratory application of a statistical analysis and modeling technique (Markov chains) for the modeling of jazz improvisation with the intended subobjective of providing increased insight into an improviser's style and creativity through the postulation of quantitativ...

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Main Author: Franz, David Matthew
Other Authors: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36831
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-61098-131249/