Computational modeling of improvisation in Turkish folk music using Variable-Length Markov Models

Computational modeling of improvisation in Turkish folk music using Variable-Length Markov Models

The thesis describes a new database of uzun havas, a non-metered structured improvisation form in Turkish folk music, and a system, which uses Variable-Length Markov Models (VLMMs) to predict the melody in the uzun hava form. The database consists of 77 songs, encompassing 10849 notes, and it is use...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Senturk, Sertan
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2012
Subjects:
Perplexity
Predictive system
Melody
Information theory
Computational model
Computational ethnomusicology
Music information retrieval
Improvisation (Music)
Folk music Turkey
Markov processes
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/42761

Internet

http://hdl.handle.net/1853/42761

Similar Items