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An Alternative Postulate to see Melody as “Language”

Authors :
Situngkir, Hokky
Source :
Situngkir, Hokky (2007) An Alternative Postulate to see Melody as “Language”. [Departmental Technical Report]
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Published

Abstract

The paper proposes a way to see melodic features in music/songs in the terms of “letters” constituting “words”, while in return investigating the fulfillment of Zipf-Mandelbrot Law in them. Some interesting findings are reported including some possible conjectures for classification of melodic and musical artifacts considering several aspects of culture. The paper ends with some discussions related to further directions, be it enrichment in musicology and the possible plan for musical generative art.

Details

Database :
CogPrints
Journal :
Situngkir, Hokky (2007) An Alternative Postulate to see Melody as “Language”. [Departmental Technical Report]
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edscog.5593
Document Type :
Technical Report