A4 Article in conference proceedings
The role of accent periodicities in meter induction: a classification study (2004)

Toiviainen, P., & Eerola, T. (2004). The role of accent periodicities in meter induction: a classification study. In S. D. Lipscomb, R. Ashley, R. Gjerdingen, & P. Webster (Eds.), ICMPC8 : proceedings of the 8th international conference on music perception & cognition : August 3-7, 2004 : Evanston, Illinois, USA (pp. 422-425). Causal Productions Pty, Limited.

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All authors or editors: Toiviainen, Petri; Eerola, Tuomas

Parent publication: ICMPC8 : proceedings of the 8th international conference on music perception & cognition : August 3-7, 2004 : Evanston, Illinois, USA

Parent publication editors: Lipscomb, Scott D.; Ashley, Richard; Gjerdingen, Robert; Webster, Peter

eISBN: 9781876346508

Publication year: 2004

Pages range: 422-425

Number of pages in the book: CD ROM

Publisher: Causal Productions Pty, Limited

Place of Publication: Sydney

Publication country: Australia

Publication language: English

Publication open access: Not open

Publication channel open access: Channel is not openly available

Additional information: CD-ROM

Abstract

We tested the performance of autocorrelation-based meter induction with two large collections of folk melodies (N = 12368), for which the correct meter was available. Furthermore, we examined whether including different melodic accent types would improve the classification performance, as measured by the proportion of melodies whose meter was correctly classified by a discriminant function. The components of the autocorrelation functions that were significant in the classification were determined. It was found that periodicity in note onset locations was the most important cue for the determination of meter. Of the melodic accents included, Thomassen's melodic accent was found to provide the most reliable cues for the determination of meter. The discriminant function analyses suggested that periodicities longer than one measure may provide cues for meter determination that are more reliable than shorter periodicities.

Keywords: music; accent (linguistics); classification; measuring instruments (indicators)

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