A Graph-Theoretical Approach to the Harmonic Analysis of Georgian Vocal Polyphonic Music

Frank Scherbaum, Simha Arom, Frank Kane

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Abstract

The present paper proposes a computational approach to the comparative analysis and visualization of the harmonic structure of three-voiced vocal music. The dataset which has been used in this study is the same as in Scherbaum et al. (2015), a corpus of polyphonic songs from Svaneti (Akhobadze, 1957). Similar to the earlier work, a song is treated as a discrete temporal process in which harmonic or melodic states change according to unknown rules which are implicitely contained in the song itself. In contrast to the prior study, however, there are no assumptions regarding their probabilistic or deterministic nature.
Original languageEnglish
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Workshop on Folk Music Analysis - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 15 Jun 201617 Jun 2016

Conference

Conference6th International Workshop on Folk Music Analysis
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period15/06/1617/06/16

Keywords

  • computational approach
  • comparative analysis
  • visualization
  • harmonic structure
  • three-voiced vocal music
  • polyphonic songs
  • Svaneti
  • discrete temporal process
  • harmonic states
  • melodic states

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