Music Representation and Transformation in Software: Structure and Algorithms in Python

By Donald P Pazel

Part 1: Representation.- 1. Software Modeling and Object-Oriented Design.- 2. The Chromatic Scale and the Diatonic Foundation.- 3. Intervals.- 4. Modality, Tonality, and Scales.- 5. Time in Music.- 6. The Note and Note Aggregates.- 7. Chords.- 8. Instruments.- 9. Score Representation.- 10. Rendering Score to Midi.- 11. Variable Dynamics and Tempo.- 12. Further Representations.- Part 2: Music Transformations.- 13. An Introduction to Music Transformations.- 14. A Constraint Engine for Pitch Assignment.- 15. Shift: A Transform fKey Change.- 16. Reflection: A Transform for Melodic Inversion.- 17. Reshape: A Transform for Melodic Shaping.- 18. Harmonic Transcription: Preserving Melody Over Harmonic Change.- 19. Retrograde: Reversing a Melody.- 20. Melodic Search and Pattern Substitution.- 21 Dilation: Musical Expansion and Contraction.- 22. The Step Shift Transform and Sequences.- 23. Final Thoughts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030974715
• ISBN13: 9783030974718
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"