Topic
Common tone
About: Common tone is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 8 publications have been published within this topic receiving 19 citations.
Papers
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2 Oct 1990TL;DR: In this paper, two tone sources having different tone generation systems such as an FM tone source and a PCM tone source are provided, and a single complex tone color is constructed of plural element tone colors and which tone source should generate a partial tone signal corresponding to each element tone color in response to element type information.
Abstract: Two tone sources having different tone generation systems such as an FM tone source and a PCM tone source are provided. Tone signals are generated in the two tone sources in response to tone generation designation information such as keyboard performance information. One of the tone sources synthesizes a tone by employing a modulation operation such as FM or AM and, as a modulating signal supplied thereto, an output tone signal of the other tone source can be selectively used. A single complex tone color is constructed of plural element tone colors and which tone source should generate a partial tone signal corresponding to each element tone color can be designated individually with respect to each element tone color in response to element type information. With respect to a desired element tone color, editing of contents of its parameter information can be made as desired. In data editing, data of a desired complex tone color is transferred to an edit memory section and editing is applied to data stored therein. The number of tone signals to be generated simultaneously in response to common tone generation designation information can be set as desired and generated tone signals are added and synthesized to form a single tone signal. In this manner, a more complex and diversified tone can be formed as desired.
10 citations
1 Jan 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce a generalized theory of common-tone preserving contextual inversions and use that framework to provide insight into Zwilich's style, which can reveal connections overlooked in other types of analysis.
Abstract: COMMON-TONE PRESERVING CONTEXTUAL INVERSIONS IN THE MUSIC OF ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH by Jessica Rudman Advisor: Joseph N. Straus To truly understand the melodic and harmonic structures of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s music, a transformational perspective is essential. Discussing her works in terms of motivic analysis, set theory, and other similar approaches is often illuminating but fails to account for certain types of subtle musical connections. Specifically, those methods focus on tracing particular musical objects but do not typically follow whatever characteristic processes might be applied to those objects. Transformation theory, on the other hand, focuses on that aspect and can thus reveal connections overlooked in other types of analysis. Most of the pitch processes Zwilich employs can be described as contextual inversions, which include any inversion around some characteristic element within a set rather than around a specific pitch axis. More specifically, she frequently uses contextual inversions wherein a set is inverted around one of its symmetrical subsets, producing one or more common tones. Various authors have introduced common-tone preserving contextual inversions particular to individual set classes, yet so far no one has explored the family of all such transformations. Drawing on work by scholars such as David Lewin, Joseph Straus, Richard Cohn, and others, I will introduce a generalized theory of common-tone preserving contextual inversions and use that framework to provide insight into Zwilich’s style.
7 citations
1 citations
1 Jan 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a brief history of Gwere orthography development and the way Gwere handled tone, including zero tone marking, grammatical tone, contrastive focus, and significant relationship.
Abstract: 1. Brief history of Gwere orthography development 2. Handling tone 2.1 Common conventions for dealing with tone in Bantu languages 2.1.1 Zero tone marking 2.1.2 Marking tone 2.2 Common tone patterns in Gwere 2.2.1 Lexemes 2.2.2 Grammar 2.2.3 Contrastive focus and relationships 3. The way Gwere handled tone 3.1 Lexical tone 3.2 Grammatical tone 3.2.1 Hesternal-past versus remote-past tenses 3.2.2 Contrastive focus 3.2.3 Significant relationship 4. Do Gwere clarifying words really mark tone or do they signal meaning? 5. Testing and acceptability 6. Limitations, application to other languages, and conclusion
1 citations
1 Jan 2002
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