Initial Sets and Initial Performances

Guerino Mazzola ()
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Guerino Mazzola: University of Zurich, Department of Information Technology MultiMedia Laboratory

Chapter Chapter 34 in The Topos of Music, 2002, pp 695-709 from Springer

Abstract: Summary Performance has to start somewhere. The theory of this initialization deals with initial sets and initial performance. Naively speaking, initial sets are the first notes of a perfor­mance. Semiotically, initial theory describes a turning point from lexicality to reality in music which is supported by shifters; we explain this rationale. Since music deals with many parame­ters, initialization has to be specified in all dimensions. We first comment on the classical initial sets in onset, pitch, and duration. On an initial set, the performance cannot be calculated from previous performance, an initial performance has to be defined. We discuss ways to do so. On a more technical level, we introduce the hit point theory, a mathematical account for the con­trol of performance field flows as their curves approach initial sets. Strategies of guessing best approaches to initial sets are presented.

Keywords: Performance Field; Integral Curve; Initial Performance; Integral Curf; Curve Point (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8141-8_34

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