alves@calvin.usc.edu (William Alves) (02/19/91)
I know this subject has come up before, but now a friend has asked for this information. Please email or post any references or other information you have on the applications of fractals to music. My friend is especially in- terested in fractal generation of wavetables, if this has ever been down. Thanks! Bill Alves
fredg@marob.uucp (Fred Goldrich) (02/20/91)
In article <30487@usc> alves@calvin.usc.edu (William Alves) writes: >I know this subject has come up before, but now a friend has asked for this >information. Please email or post any references or other information you >have on the applications of fractals to music. My friend is especially in- >terested in fractal generation of wavetables, if this has ever been down. > >Thanks! > >Bill Alves Your friend may be interested in an article entitled "Fractal Geometry of Music (physics of melody)", by Kenneth J. Hsu and Andreas J. Hsu, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Vol. 87, pp. 938-941, February 1990. It purports to show that the frequency spectrum of melodic intervals (at least in some Bach works) obeys a fractal distribution law. I found the article to be of questionable value, but it may provide a point of departure for future work, and your friend may simply want to know what other people are doing. -- Fred Goldrich -- Fred Goldrich {att,philabs,rutgers,cmcl2}!phri!marob!maestro!fred (formerly dasys1!maestro)
bob@miranda.inmos.co.uk (Bob Green) (02/22/91)
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altoreed@pannet.UUCP (ALTOREED @ The PAN Network) (02/25/91)
Check the back issues of Computer Music Journal. There are several articles available within the last 2-3 years. In addition I remember a couple of papers presented at AES in LA in September 1987 that dealt with that topic. Scott
graemem@cs.hw.ac.uk (Graeme McLean) (03/02/91)
In article <9.UUL1.3#20292@pannet.UUCP> altoreed@pan.com writes: > > > >Check the back issues of Computer Music Journal. There are several articles >available within the last 2-3 years. In addition I remember a couple of papers >presented at AES in LA in September 1987 that dealt with that topic. > >Scott In particular: 1) Charles Dodge "Profile : A Musical Fractal" Computer Music Journal, Vol 12, No 3, Fall 1988, pp10-14 2) Charles Dodge & Curtis R. Bahn "Musical Fractals" Byte, Vol 11, No 6, June 1986, pp185-196 Graeme. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Graeme McLean JANET: graemem@uk.ac.hw.cs | | Comp Sci, Heriot-Watt Uni, EDINBURGH | ------------------"You kind of like Chuck, don't you Sir?"-------------------