Musicology

Two algorithms
Two algorithms for the instanciation of structures of musical objects …
Microtonality
On electronic instruments such as the Bol Processor, microtonality is the matter of "microtonal tuning", here meaning the construction of musical scales outside the conventional one(s) …
Just intonation: a general framework
A framework for constructing scales (tuning systems) referring to just intonation in both classical Indian and Western approaches …
The two-vina experiment
A comprehensive interpretation of the experiment of the two vinas described in Chapter XXVIII.24 of the Natya Shastra …
Melodic types of Hindustan
A scan of Bose, N.D. Melodic Types of Hindustan. Jaico, Bombay 1960 …
A Mathematical Model of the Shruti-Swara-Grama-Murcchana-Jati System
A scan of Arnold, E.J. A Mathematical model of the Shruti-Swara-Grama-Murcchana-Jati System …
A Mathematical Discussion of the Ancient Theory of Scales according to Natyashastra
Bernard Bel Note interne, Groupe Représentation et Traitement des Connaissances (CNRS), Marseille 1988. 👉 Cited on page The two-vina experiment
Raga intonation
This article demonstrates the theoretical and practical construction of microtonal scales for the intonation of North Indian ragas …
Creation of just-intonation scales
The procedure for exporting just-intonation scales from murcchana-s of Ma-grama …
A multicultural model of consonance
This page presents a theoretical framework for tuning musical scales, with a focus on just intonation and its application in …
Comparing temperaments
Images of tempered scales created by the Bol Processor This article demonstrates how the Bol Processor can apply different historical …
Polymetric structures
Polymetric expressions are the basic representation model for the timing of musical data in the Bol Processor …
Rationalizing musical time: syntactic and symbolic-numeric approaches
Symbolic-numerical approaches lead to efficient and elegant solutions of constraint satisfaction problems with respect to symbolic and physical durations, …
At the heart of Indian rhythms and their evolution
An interview with James Kippen by Antoine Bourgeau …
Au cœur des rythmes indiens
Entretien avec James Kippen, par Antoine Bourgeau …
Bach well-tempered tonal analysis
Tonal analysis of the complete set of preludes and fugues by J.S. Bach in "The Well-tempered Clavier" …
The Well-tempered Clavier
The complete set of preludes and fugues by J.S. Bach known as The Well-tempered Clavier, books II and II, interpreted with presumably "optimal" tuning schemes …
Pattern grammars
Bol Processor grammars are characterisations of sequential events in terms of substring repetitions, homomorphisms, etc. Parsing techniques, stochastic production and recent developments of BP grammars are briefly described …
Modelling music with grammars
A linguistic model of tabla improvisation and evaluation derived from pattern languages and formal grammars has been implemented in the Bol Processor, a software system used in interactive fieldwork with expert musicians …
Time-setting of sound-objects
This paper deals with the scheduling of “sound-objects”, hereby meaning predefined sequences of elementary tasks in a sound processor, with each task mapped to a time-point …
The identification and modelling of a percussion ‘language’
James Kippen & Bernard Bel Computers and the Humanities (1989), 23, 3: 119-214 Abstract In experimental research into percussion ‘languages', …
Bol Processor grammars
James Kippen & Bernard Bel In Mira Balaban, Otto Laske et Kemal Ebcioglu (eds.) Understanding Music with AI, American Association …
Modelling improvisatory and compositional processes
James Kippen & Bernard Bel In Denise Penrose & Ray Lauzanna (eds.) Languages of Design, 1 (1992). Elsevier Science Publishers, …
Can a computer help resolve the problem of ethnographic description?
James Kippen & Bernard Bel Anthropological Quarterly (1989), 62, 3: 131-144 Abstract A major problem in ethnographic description may be …
Migrating Musical Concepts - an overview of the Bol Processor
Bernard Bel Computer Music Journal (1998), Vol. 22, 2: 56-64 Abstract The Bol Processor is the outcome of a migratory …
Inférence de langages réguliers
Bernard Bel Journées Françaises de l'Apprentissage (1990), Lannion, France : 5-27
https://hal.science/hal-00275789v2 Résumé Cet exposé présente une méthode générale d'acquisition de …
Acquisition et représentation de connaissances en musique
Bernard Bel Knowledge acquisition and representation in music Thèse de doctorat en sciences. Université de droit, d'économie et des sciences …
A flexible environment for music composition in non-European contexts
Bernard Bel Journées d'Informatique Musicale 1996, Caen (France) Abstract Most computer music environments privilege music representations derived from western common …

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