Holzapfel, AndreBozkurt, Baris2013-02-262013-02-262012Holzapfel A, Bozkurt B. Metrical strength and contradiction in turkish Makam music. In: Serra X, Rao P, Murthy H, Bozkurt B, editors. Proceedings of the 2nd CompMusic Workshop; 2012 Jul 12-13; Istanbul, Turkey. Barcelona: Universitat Pompeu Fabra; 2012. p. 79-84http://hdl.handle.net/10230/20426In this paper we investigate how note onsets in Turkish Makam music compositions are distributed, and in how far this distribution supports or contradicts the metrical structure of the pieces, the usul. We use MIDI data to derive the distributions in the form of onset histograms, and compare/nthem with metrical weights that are applied to describe the usul in theory. We compute correlation and syncopation values to estimate the degrees of support and contradiction, respectively. While the concept of syncopation is rarely/nmentioned in the context of this music, we can gain interesting insight into the structure of a piece using such a measure./nWe show that metrical contradiction is systematically applied in some metrical structures. We will compare the/ndifferences between Western music and Turkish Makam music regarding metrical support and contradiction. Such a study can help avoiding pitfalls in later attempts to perform audio processing tasks such as beat tracking or rhythmic similarity measurements.6 p.application/pdfeng© 2012 Andre Holzapfel et al. This is an open-access article distributed/nunder the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License, which/npermits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided/nthe original author and source are credited.Música -- TurquiaMúsica -- AnàlisiTractament del senyalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjectinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess