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Article: Information distribution within musical segments
Title | Information distribution within musical segments |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Entropy analysis Information distribution Music reading Musical segments Optimal viewing position |
Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | University of California Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ucpress.edu/journals/mp |
Citation | Music Perception, 2016, v. 34 n. 2, p. 218-242 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In the research on word recognition, it has been shown that word beginnings have higher information content for word identification than word endings; this asymmetric information distribution within words has been argued to be due to the communicative pressure to allow words in speech to be recognized as early as possible. Through entropy analysis using two representative datasets from Wikifonia and the Essen folksong corpus respectively, here we show that musical segments also have higher information content (i.e., higher entropy) in segment beginnings than endings. Nevertheless, this asymmetry was not as dramatic as that found within words, and the highest information content was observed in the middle of the segments (i.e., an inverted-U pattern). This effect may be because the first and last notes of a musical segment tend to be tonally stable, with more flexibility in the first note for providing the initial context. The asymmetric information distribution within words has been shown to be an important factor accounting for various asymmetric effects in word reading, such as the left-biased preferred viewing location and optimal viewing position effects. Similarly, the asymmetric information distribution within musical segments is a potential factor that can modulate music reading behavior and should not be overlooked. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/232935 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.785 |
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dc.contributor.author | Chan, AB | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hsiao, JH | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-20T05:33:29Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-20T05:33:29Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Music Perception, 2016, v. 34 n. 2, p. 218-242 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0730-7829 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/232935 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In the research on word recognition, it has been shown that word beginnings have higher information content for word identification than word endings; this asymmetric information distribution within words has been argued to be due to the communicative pressure to allow words in speech to be recognized as early as possible. Through entropy analysis using two representative datasets from Wikifonia and the Essen folksong corpus respectively, here we show that musical segments also have higher information content (i.e., higher entropy) in segment beginnings than endings. Nevertheless, this asymmetry was not as dramatic as that found within words, and the highest information content was observed in the middle of the segments (i.e., an inverted-U pattern). This effect may be because the first and last notes of a musical segment tend to be tonally stable, with more flexibility in the first note for providing the initial context. The asymmetric information distribution within words has been shown to be an important factor accounting for various asymmetric effects in word reading, such as the left-biased preferred viewing location and optimal viewing position effects. Similarly, the asymmetric information distribution within musical segments is a potential factor that can modulate music reading behavior and should not be overlooked. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | University of California Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ucpress.edu/journals/mp | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Music Perception | - |
dc.rights | Published as Music Perception, 2016, v. 34 n. 2, p. 218-242. © 2016 by the Regents of the University of California. Copying and permissions notice: Authorization to copy this content beyond fair use (as specified in Sections 107 and 108 of the U. S. Copyright Law) for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by the Regents of the University of California for libraries and other users, provided that they are registered with and pay the specified fee via Rightslink® or directly with the Copyright Clearance Center. | - |
dc.subject | Entropy analysis | - |
dc.subject | Information distribution | - |
dc.subject | Music reading | - |
dc.subject | Musical segments | - |
dc.subject | Optimal viewing position | - |
dc.title | Information distribution within musical segments | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Hsiao, JH: jhsiao@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Hsiao, JH=rp00632 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1525/mp.2016.34.2.218 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85007164389 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 263190 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 34 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 218 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 242 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000389735100007 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0730-7829 | - |