Visible Humor

Elaine Chew ()
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Elaine Chew: Queen Mary University of London

Chapter Chapter 10 in Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Tonality, 2014, pp 179-190 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Pitch Class; Major Triad; Virtual Viewpoint; Piano Keyboard; Expectation Violation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9475-1_10

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