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Title:
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Assessing the tuning of sung indian classical music
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Author:
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Serrà Julià, Joan; Koduri, Gopala Krishna; Miron, Marius; Serra, Xavier
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Abstract:
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The issue of tuning in Indian classical music has been, historically,/na matter of theoretical debate. In this paper, we/nstudy its contemporary practice in sung performances of Carnatic/nand Hindustani music following an empiric and quantitative/napproach. To do so, we select stable fundamental frequencies,/nestimated via a standard algorithm, and construct/ninterval histograms from a pool of recordings. We then compare/nsuch histograms against the ones obtained for different/nmusic sources and against the theoretical values derived/nfrom 12-note just intonation and equal temperament. Our/nresults evidence that the tunings in Carnatic and Hindustani/nmusic differ, the former tending to a just intonation system/nand the latter having much equal-tempered influences. Carnatic/nmusic also presents signs of a more continuous distribution/nof pitches. Further subdivisions of the octave are/npartially investigated, finding no strong evidence of them. |
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The research leading to these results/nhas received funding from the European Research Council/nunder the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme/n(FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement 267583/n(CompMusic). |
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Subject(s):
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-Índia -- Música
-Afinació |
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© ISMIR
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Document type:
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Conference Object
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Published by:
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International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR)
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