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Visible Humor

In: Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Tonality

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  • Elaine Chew

    (Queen Mary University of London)

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In this chapter, we explore the use of the Spiral Array spatial visualization of tonal evolution through time for the visual analysis of P. D. Q. Bach’sThe Short-Tempered Clavier. In particular, we analyze situations in which we can see some of the humor devices abstracted in an earlier study by David Huron. We conclude that although we can see a good number of Schickele’s humour devices—such as incongruent styles, musically improbable tonality and harmony shifts, and excessive repetition—we do not yet have sufficient information to form a robust computer-based method for detecting musical humor. The reader can download the latest version of the MuSA.RT software, MuSA_RT, from the Mac App Store ( http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/musa-rt/id506866959?mt=12 , cited 30 August 2013), follow the examples posted at http://musa-rt.blogspot.com , or try out new ones themselves.

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  • Elaine Chew, 2014. "Visible Humor," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Tonality, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 179-190, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-1-4614-9475-1_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9475-1_10
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