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COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF EXPRESSION
IN VIOLIN PERFORMANCE
by
Eric K. Cheng
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF SCIENCE
(ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)
May 2007
Copyright 2007 Eric K. Cheng
Object Description
| Title | Computational analysis of expression in violin performance |
| Author | Cheng, Eric K. |
| Author email | echeng@post.harvard.edu |
| Degree | Master of Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Electrical Engineering (Multimedia & Creative Technology) |
| School | Viterbi School of Engineering |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-11-21 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-01-25 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Chew, Elaine |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Kyriakakis, Chris Narayanan, Shri |
| Abstract | This thesis presents computational methods for the quantitative description and analysis of expressive strategies in violin performances, and applies these methods to eleven commercially available audio recordings of the Andante movement from Bach's Sonata No. 2 for solo violin. First, we develop a methodology for the extraction of beat-level tempo and dynamic data from audio recordings: tempo is extracted manually, while dynamics are obtained using a psychoacoustic loudness model and a perceptually optimized smoothing algorithm.; Next, we analyze tempo and dynamic means and ranges over musical segments of differing scales to identify trends in expressive strategies. We then propose the Local Maximum Phrase Detection method, which quantifies a performer's interpretation of phrase structure by associating each interpreted phrase with a local maximum in the dynamic curve. Throughout, we compare individual expressive and grouping strategies, and examine the similarities and differences between tempo and dynamic variations. |
| Keyword | performance research; violin; psychoacoustics; musical expression |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m225 |
| Rights | Cheng, Eric K. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Cheng-20070125 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Cheng-20070125.pdf |
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| Full text | COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF EXPRESSION IN VIOLIN PERFORMANCE by Eric K. Cheng A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF SCIENCE (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) May 2007 Copyright 2007 Eric K. Cheng |
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