On the spectral analysis of melody
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Interface
- Vol. 21 (2) , 135-148
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09298219208570604
Abstract
The widely‐known claim of Voss and Clarke (1978) that much music is well modelled by “1/ƒ noise” is critically examined. Some new data are provided for classical music, yielding mainly negative conclusions. In the course of the investigation some of the problems of the statistical analysis of musical data are discussed.Keywords
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