Harmonic, melodic, and functional automatic analysis
Proceedings of the 2007 International Computer Music Conference, I, page 165--168. (2007)Abstract
This work is an effort towards the development of a system for the automation of traditional harmonic analysis of polyphonic scores in symbolic format. A number of stages have been designed in this procedure: melodic analysis of harmonic and non-harmonic tones, vertical harmonic analysis, tonality, and tonal functions. All these informations are represented as a weighted directed acyclic graph. The best possible analysis is the path that maximizes the sum of weights in the graph, obtained through a dynamic programming algorithm. The feasibility of this approach has been tested on six J.S. Bach's harmonized chorales