文档介绍：A Quantitative, Parametric Model of
Musical Tension
by
Morwaread M. Farbood
. Music
Harvard College (1997)
. Media Arts and Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001)
Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences,
School of Architecture and Planning,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
at the
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
February, 2006
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Author...................................................................................
Program in Media Arts and Sciences
January 2006
Certifiedby..............................................................................
Tod Machover
Professor of Music and Media
Thesis Supervisor
Accepted by. .............................................................................
Andrew B. Lippman
Chair, mittee on Graduate Students
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A Quantitative, Parametric Model of
Musical Tension
by Morwaread M. Farbood
Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences,
School of Architecture and Planning, on January 2006,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Abstract
This thesis presents a quantitative, parametric model for describing musical
tension. While the phenomenon of tension is evident to listeners, it is difficult
to formalize due to its subjective and multi-dimensional nature. The model is
therefore derived from empirical data.
Two experiments with contrasting approaches are described. The first experi-
ment is an online test with short musical excerpts and multiple choice answers.
The format of the test makes it possible to gather large amounts of data. The
second study requires fewer subjects and collects real-time responses to musical
stimuli. Both studies present test subjects with examples that take into account
a number of musical parameters including harmony, pitch height, melod