Music Theory

Polyrhythm Analysis Using the composite Tool

Authors: Poudrier, Ève, Sapp, C.S.  Publication details: 9th International Conference on Digital Libraries for Musicology (DLfM2022), July 28, 2022, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 65-73. ACM, New York, NY, USA Weblink: https://doi.org/10.1145/3543882.3543890 Abstract: We introduce a computational tool that allows comparison and classification of polyrhythms in notated music. By reducing different musical textures into unpitched rhythmic strands, […]

The cognitive and affective correlates of rhythmic complexity

Authors: Poudrier, Ève, Sapp, C.S., Shanahan, D Publication details: ICMPC ESCOM 2021: Connectivity and diversity in music cognition, 28-31 July 2021 Weblink: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hCtYDdTHfb3Txo2ryT1ZS2JzL8tT5I6U/view and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8lk36AlfPY Abstract: The goal of the present study is to identify the cognitive and affective correlates of rhythmic complexity. Specifically, we hypothesize that there is a relationship between the structural features that […]

Interactions of Folk Melody and Transformational (Dis)continuities in Chen Yi’s Ba Ban (1999)

Author: Roeder, John Publication details: Music Theory Online, Vol. 26 No. 3, 2020 Weblink: https://www.mtosmt.org/ Abstract: Chen Yi’s Ba Ban (1999) for solo piano, like many works of Western-trained Chinese composers, situates fragments of evocative traditional folk melody within a post-tonal discourse that is well described by transformation theory. The eponymous folk tune that it […]

“The Influence of Rate and Accentuation on Subjective Rhythmization”

“The Influence of Rate and Accentuation on Subjective Rhythmization”

Author: Poudrier, Ève Publication details: Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal (2020) 38 (1): 27–45. Weblink: https://online.ucpress.edu/ Abstract: The parsing of undifferentiated tone sequences into groups of qualitatively distinct elements is one of the earliest rhythmic phenomena to have been investigated experimentally (Bolton, 1894). The present study aimed to replicate and extend these findings through online […]

Formative Processes of Durational Projection in “Free Rhythm” World Music

Formative Processes of Durational Projection in “Free Rhythm” World Music

Author: Roeder, John Publication details: Thought and Play in Musical Rhythm, edited by Richard Wolf, Stephen Blum, and Christopher Hasty, 55-74. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. Weblink: https://www.oxfordscholarship.com Abstract: Recent theories of meter have been enriched by consideration of the time cycles and nonisochronous beats found in many musical cultures. However, these theories do […]