Music Representation and Transformation in Software: Structure and Algorithms in Python
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030974715 | 341 Pages | PDF True | 17 MB
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030974715 | 341 Pages | PDF True | 17 MB
Part 1: Representation.- 1. Software Modeling and Object-Oriented Design.- 2. The Chromatic Scale and the Diatonic Foundation.- 3. Intervals.- 4. Modality, Tonality, and Scales.- 5. Time in Music.- 6. The Note and Note Aggregates.- 7. Chords.- 8. Instruments.- 9. Score Representation.- 10. Rendering Score to Midi.- 11. Variable Dynamics and Tempo.- 12. Further Representations.- Part 2: Music Transformations.- 13. An Introduction to Music Transformations.- 14. A Constraint Engine for Pitch Assignment.- 15. Shift: A Transform fKey Change.- 16. Reflection: A Transform for Melodic Inversion.- 17. Reshape: A Transform for Melodic Shaping.- 18. Harmonic Transcription: Preserving Melody Over Harmonic Change.- 19. Retrograde: Reversing a Melody.- 20. Melodic Search and Pattern Substitution.- 21 Dilation: Musical Expansion and Contraction.- 22. The Step Shift Transform and Sequences.- 23. Final Thoughts.