Polyrhythmic percussion notator from MIDI input
By: author: Maxwell C. Francis.
Contributors: University of Manchester. Department of Computer Science.
Series: Project report -- 37
Publisher: University of Manchester, Department of Computer Science
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Description: In these pages will be found a description of the investigation into, and implementation of, a system for rhythmic analysis of music from the point of view of percussion instruments.  One of the key ideas is the ability to analyse irregular subdivision and polyrythmic meter without relying on fixed quantization and this notion differentiates the project from other music notation packages.  
The report presents the material first of all from a musical point of view, where some necessary musical concepts are introduced and the notation of percussion is discussed along with its associated problems.  Then the problems are presented from a computing point of view and explained in terms of computing problems per se.  Finally, aspects of the actual implementation of the project are presented as problems with their respective solutions.
The Appendices contain a user guide to the package and some example input and output, giving the reader a feel for how it operates.  The final Appendix gives an interesting "dictionary" of rhythmic notation.
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