A novel representation for rhythmic structure
Vijay Shankar Iyer, Matthew Wright, DAVID L. WESSEL, Jeff Bilmes · 1997
We have developed a representation for musical rhythm and rhythmic structure based on concepts derived from African and African-American musics. Included in the representation are a model for expressive timing against an isochronous pulse, and a cellular approach to musical organization. In our implementation, the representation and its data structures are controlled and modified in real time using MAX. The richness of control over many meaningful musical quantities distinguishes our representation from those in more common usage, such as music notation programs, sequencers, and drum machines. 1 Introduction Many authors [2][4][7][8] have attempted to address the universal issue of rhythm perception and cognition. While these efforts feature rigorous approaches to data analysis and modeling, such work often contains musical assumptions specific to Western European classical music, even if the music under study lies outside of that tradition. It is clear that one cannot transcend one'...