Tipping Points, Pulse Elasticity and Tonal Tension: An Empirical Study on What Generates Tipping Points

Canishk Naik*, Elaine Chew

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Abstract

Tipping points are moments of change that characterise crucial turning points in a piece of music. This study presents a first step towards quantitatively and systematically describing the musical properties of tipping points. Timing information and computationally- derived tonal tension values which correspond to dissonance, distance from key, and harmonic motion are compared to tipping points in Ashkenazy’s recordings of six Chopin Mazurkas, as identified by 35 listeners. The analysis shows that all popular tipping points but one could be explained by statistically significant timing deviations or changepoints in at least one of the three tension parameters.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event18th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference - National University of Singapore Research Institute (NUSRI), Suzhou, China
Duration: 23 Oct 201727 Oct 2017
Conference number: 18
https://ismir2017.ismir.net/

Conference

Conference18th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference
Abbreviated titleISMIR 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySuzhou
Period23/10/201727/10/2017
Internet address

Keywords

  • tipping points
  • time structure
  • expressivity
  • music expression
  • prosody

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