Kim, E. (2016) Structures in Sound: Analysis of Classical Music Using the Information Length. Entropy, 18 (7). 258. ISSN 1099-4300
Abstract
We show that music is represented by fluctuations away from the minimum path through statistical space. Our key idea is to envision music as the evolution of a non-equilibrium system and to construct probability distribution functions (PDFs) from musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) files of classical compositions. Classical music is then viewed through the lens of generalized position and velocity, based on the Fisher metric. Through these statistical tools we discuss a way to quantitatively discriminate between music and noise.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | fisher information; non-equilibrium; information geometry |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Mathematics and Statistics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Aug 2016 10:48 |
Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2016 10:48 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e18070258 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/e18070258 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:103262 |