An experimental comparison of formal measures of rhythmic syncopation

International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 101-104

  Gómez, Francisco ^a   Thul, Eric ^b   Toussaint, Godfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS;

DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES; HUMAN SUBJECTS; MATRIX OF COEFFICIENTS; MUSIC INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PHYLOGENETIC TREES; SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATION;

COMPUTER MUSIC;

EID: 84925013628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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