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Modelling the Syntax of North Indian Melodies With a Generalized Graph Grammar (2019)
Journal Article
Widdess, R., Finkensiep, C., & Rohrmeier, M. (2019). Modelling the Syntax of North Indian Melodies With a Generalized Graph Grammar. Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference, 2019, 462-469. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3527843

Hierarchical models of music allow explanation of highly complex musical structure based on the general principle of recursive elaboration and a small set of orthogonal op- erations. Recent approaches to melodic elaboration have converged to a repres... Read More about Modelling the Syntax of North Indian Melodies With a Generalized Graph Grammar.

Time Changes: Heterometric Music in South Asia (2019)
Book Chapter
Widdess, R. (2019). Time Changes: Heterometric Music in South Asia. In R. Wolf, S. Blum, & C. Hasty (Eds.), Thought and Play in Musical Rhythm (273-313). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190841485.003.0012

The chapter examines a distinction between isometric music, in which successive metrical cycles are of equal length, and heterometric music, where the length and structure of the cycle can change. In South Asia, most music is isometric. In the classi... Read More about Time Changes: Heterometric Music in South Asia.