source file: mills2.txt Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 20:19:06 -0700 Subject: Markov analysis From: Lindsay Shaw and Paul Turner In TUNING Digest 743, Brian McLaren mentions, among other things, "Markov-chain analysis": "...produces junk when you use it to analyze a piece of music and then compose an algorithmic piece. ... ." I don't question that there is something in his claim, but I would be grateful if someone could explain what Markov-chain analysis is. Are we perhaps talking about calculating the probabilities (relative frequencies) of the various melodic intervals in a sample piece? I'm attempting a study of mathematical applications in music, and this is one I hadn't heard of (at least by that name). Maybe someone can point me to a suitable reference or say who has used this technique. Paul Turner Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 17:06 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id IAA05491; Wed, 26 Jun 1996 08:06:26 -0700 Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 08:06:26 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu