Abstract
Most if not all of the approaches being used in the computer study of natural languages also have been applied to the computer study of music. Music theorist Heinrich Schenker (1867 - 1935) developed a system for the study of tonal music that is compatible with the transformational grammars defined by linguist Noam Chomsky for the study of natural languages. Steven Smoliar ( 1980 ) defined transformations, based on Schenker’s theory, for the analysis of musical compositions. This study provides background into the application of grammars in the generation of musical compositions and a full implementation of the transformations defined by Smoliar. The implementation is in C, and the transformations can be performed interactively in an interpreted mode or incorporated into any C language program.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Schenkerian analysis--Data processing; Musical analysis--Data processing; Music--Computer programs; C (Computer program language)
Publication Date
1988
Document Type
Thesis
Department, Program, or Center
Computer Science (GCCIS)
Advisor
Biles, Al
Advisor/Committee Member
Anderson, Peter
Advisor/Committee Member
Baker, Rodger
Recommended Citation
Myers, Karl J., "A System for the generation of tonal music based on transformations" (1988). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/87
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Comments
Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: MT6.M9728 S97 1988