MODELING A PROCESSIVE PERSPECTIVE ON METER IN MUSIC
Anja Volk · University of Michigan Library Repository · 2005
This paper aims at the description of the metric structure of music in terms of a processive or temporal approach.While many models in the metric domain assume a relatively consistent metric structure throughout the piece, the experience of listening to a complex piece of music often differs from that assumption.The processive approach applied in this paper is interpreted as the unfolding of the metric hierarchy over time while listening to the piece.We base our investigations on the model of Inner Metric Analysis that describes the metrical hierarchy of a piece of music independently of the bar lines.Using the cumulative and sliding window approaches that characterize the metric process through the piece we can distinguish between stable succession of events and abrupt or gradual changes that can serve as a description of the dynamic process taking place while listening to the music.