Classification of Triadic Chord Inversions Using KohonenSelf-organizing Maps
Luis Felipe Oliveira, Luis G. P. Lima, André Luiz Gonçalves de Oliveira, Rael Bertarelli Gimenes Toffolo · 2005
In this paper we discuss the application of the Kohonen Selforganizing Maps to the classification of triadic chords in inversions and root positions. Our motivation started in the validation of Schonberg´s hypotheses of the harmonic features of each chord inversion. We employed the Kohonen network, which has been generally known as an optimum pattern classification tool in several areas, including music, to verify that hypothesis. The outcomes of our experiment refuse the Schonberg´s assumption in two aspects: structural and perceptual/functional.