Time–frequency representation of musical rhythm by continuous wavelets

Journal of Mathematics and Music

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-97

  Smith, Leigh M ^a   Honing, Henkjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beat tracking; Continuous wavelet transform; Expressive timing; Rhythm; Rhythmic strata; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849132785     PISSN: 17459737     EISSN: 17459745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17459730802305336     Document Type: Article

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