Continuous modulations/Vibrato

Most of the research in the psychology of music dealing with expression is concerned with the discrete aspects of music performance, and mainly concentrates on the study of piano music. In these studies only the time of attack of individual notes (and possibly the release time) is studied as carrier of musical expression. However, on other instruments, what happens during and in-between notes can be more relevant then the realization of the note onsets and offsets themselves (Strawn, 1989), an issue not often addressed in music psychology

This study focuses on modeling the regularities found in continuous parameter changes, especially in-between notes. The aim of this study is to proceed beyond the identification of perceptual differences and informal discussions of their structure: in modeling these continuous aspects in music performance computationally, we hope to lay down a basis upon which research assessing their role as carriers of musical expression can build.

Articles

• Rossignol, S., Desain, P., and Honing, H. (2001) State-of-the-art in fundamental frequency tracking. Proceedings of Workshop on Current Research Directions in Computer Music, 244-254. Barcelona: UPF.
• Desain, P. (1999) Vibrato and portamento, hypotheses and tests. Acustica 348. ISSN: 1436-7947.
• Timmers, R. and Desain, P. (2000) Vibrato: the questions and answers from musicians and science. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition Keele, UK: Keele University, Department of Psychology.
• Rossignol, S., Desain, P., and Honing, H. (2001) Refined knowledge-based pitch tracking: Comparing Three Frequency Extraction Methods. Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, 399-402. San Francisco: ICMA
• Desain, P. and Honing, H. (1999) Modeling vibrato and portamento in music performance. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education.
• Desain, P., Honing, H., Aarts, R., and Timmers, R. (1998) Rhythmic Aspects of Vibrato. In Proceedings of the 1998 Rhythm Perception and Production Workshop, 34. Nijmegen.
• Desain, P., Honing, H., Aarts, R., and Timmers, R. (2000) Rhythmic Aspects of Vibrato. In Desain, P. and Windsor, W. L. Rhythm Perception and Production 203-216. Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1996). Modeling Continuous Aspects of Music Performance: Vibrato and Portamento. In B. Pennycook, & E. Costa-Giomi (eds.), Proceedings of the International Music Perception and Cognition Conference. CD-ROM. Montreal.
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1995). Towards algorithmic descriptions for continuous modulations of musical parameters. In Proceedings of the 1995 International Computer Music Conference. 393-395. San Francisco: ICMA.
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1993). On continuous musical control of discrete musical objects. In Proceedings of the 1993 International Computer Music Conference. 218-221. San Francisco: International Computer Music Association.
• Desain, P., & Honing, H. (1992). Generalising generalised time functions. In Proceedings of the International workshop on models and representations of musical signals. Napels: Università di Napoli Federico II.