Statistical learning and the uncertainty of melody and bass line in music.

ABSTRACT: Statistical learning is the ability to learn based on transitional probability (TP) in sequential information, which has been considered to contribute to creativity in music. The interdisciplinary theory of statistical learning examines statistical learning as a mechanism of human learning. This study investigated how TP distribution and conditional entropy in TP of the melody and bass line in music interact with each other, using the highest and lowest pitches in Beethoven's piano sonatas and Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Results for the two composers were similar. First, the results detected specific statistical characteristics that are unique to each melody and bass line as well as general statistical characteristics that are shared between the melody and bass line. Add

SUBMITTER: Daikoku T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6922457 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature