Continuous Geographical Distributions of Musical Patterns
A Test Case from the Northwest Coast1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2449807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas M Kiefer, Thomas Kiefer (0000-0002-7283-4990, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 701-706 |
| Publication date | 1969-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1969.71.4.02a00080 |
| OpenAlex | W2093216247 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Musical interval patterns may be considered as elementary Markov chains and subject to computer analysis. The musics of 10 Northwest Coast and Eskimoan groups were analyzed in terms of information theory and the results plotted along a continuum of increasing distance, revealing a regular rate of change for the interval patterns in question
Art · Combinatorics · Geography · Interval (graph theory · Literature · Markov chain · Musical · Physics · Statistical physics · Statistics · Subject (documents · Computer Science · Mathematics · Music and Audio Processing · Music Technology and Sound Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |