Some of you will have heard George Boenn's presentation at ICSC in
Uruguay, and now his book is published with the above title.   I just
received a copy today and have only had a quick scan of the text but
it is clearly a serious book on the theory of rhythm.   I also note
that the Preface recognises Csound community and Lilypond developers
and users as enablers of the work.


Anyway .. Computational Models of Rhythm and Meter by Georg Boenn
          Sptinger International Publishing
          ISBN 978-3-319-76284-5 (Physical Book)
          ISBN 978-3-319-76285-2 (eBook)

This book presents the latest computational models of rhythm and meter
that are based on number theory, combinatorics and pattern
matching. Two computational models of rhythm and meter are evaluated:
The first one explores a relatively new field in Mathematics, namely
Combinatorics on Words, specifically Christoffel Words and the
Burrows-Wheeler Transform, together with integer partitions. The
second model uses filtered Farey Sequences in combination with
specific weights that are assigned to inter-onset ratios. This work is
assessed within the context of the current state of the art of tempo
tracking and computational music transcription. Furthermore, the
author discusses various representations of musical rhythm, which lead
to the development of a new shorthand notation that will be useful for
musicologists and composers.

Computational Models of Rhythm and Meter also contains numerous
investigations into the timing structures of human rhythm and metre
perception carried out within the last decade. Our solution to the
transcription problem has been tested using a wide range of musical
styles, and in particular using two recordings of J.S. Bach's Goldberg
Variations by Glenn Gould. The technology is capable of modelling
musical rhythm and meter by using Farey Sequences, and by detecting
duration classes in a windowed analysis, which also detects the
underlying tempo. The outcomes represent human performances of music
as accurate as possible within Western score notation.

==John ffitch

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Yes, I was at the International Csound Conference in Montevideo and
attended Georg Boenn's presentation, which I found both enjoyable and
informative. Thanks for bringing it to wider attention.

Best,
Mike
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Irreducible Productions
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Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com

On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 1:02 PM John  wrote:
>
> Some of you will have heard George Boenn's presentation at ICSC in
> Uruguay, and now his book is published with the above title.   I just
> received a copy today and have only had a quick scan of the text but
> it is clearly a serious book on the theory of rhythm.   I also note
> that the Preface recognises Csound community and Lilypond developers
> and users as enablers of the work.
>
>
> Anyway .. Computational Models of Rhythm and Meter by Georg Boenn
>           Sptinger International Publishing
>           ISBN 978-3-319-76284-5 (Physical Book)
>           ISBN 978-3-319-76285-2 (eBook)
>
> This book presents the latest computational models of rhythm and meter
> that are based on number theory, combinatorics and pattern
> matching. Two computational models of rhythm and meter are evaluated:
> The first one explores a relatively new field in Mathematics, namely
> Combinatorics on Words, specifically Christoffel Words and the
> Burrows-Wheeler Transform, together with integer partitions. The
> second model uses filtered Farey Sequences in combination with
> specific weights that are assigned to inter-onset ratios. This work is
> assessed within the context of the current state of the art of tempo
> tracking and computational music transcription. Furthermore, the
> author discusses various representations of musical rhythm, which lead
> to the development of a new shorthand notation that will be useful for
> musicologists and composers.
>
> Computational Models of Rhythm and Meter also contains numerous
> investigations into the timing structures of human rhythm and metre
> perception carried out within the last decade. Our solution to the
> transcription problem has been tested using a wide range of musical
> styles, and in particular using two recordings of J.S. Bach's Goldberg
> Variations by Glenn Gould. The technology is capable of modelling
> musical rhythm and meter by using Farey Sequences, and by detecting
> duration classes in a windowed analysis, which also detects the
> underlying tempo. The outcomes represent human performances of music
> as accurate as possible within Western score notation.
>
> ==John ffitch
>
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