Music and probability [electronic resource] / David Temperley.
Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.Description: xi, 244 p. : ill., musicISBN:- 0262201666 (alk. paper)
- 9780262201667 (alk. paper)
- 781.2 22
- ML3838 .T46 2007eb

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-235) and indexes.
Probabilistic foundations and background -- Melody I : the rhythm model -- Melody II : the pitch model -- Melody III : expectation and error detection -- A polyphonic key-finding model -- Applications of the polyphonic key-finding model -- Bayesian models of other aspects of music -- Style and composition -- Communicative pressure.
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