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Main Authors: Linke, Simon, Wendt, Gerrit, Bader, Rolf
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03713
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author Linke, Simon
Wendt, Gerrit
Bader, Rolf
author_facet Linke, Simon
Wendt, Gerrit
Bader, Rolf
contents Indonesian and Western gamelan ensembles are investigated with respect to performance differences. Thereby, the often exotistic history of this music in the West might be reflected in contemporary tonal system, articulation, or large-scale form differences. Analyzing recordings of four Western and five Indonesian orchestras with respect to tonal systems and timbre features and using self-organizing Kohonen map (SOM) as a machine learning algorithm, a clear clustering between Indonesian and Western ensembles appears using certain psychoacoustic features. These point to a reduced articulation and large-scale form variability of Western ensembles compared to Indonesian ones. The SOM also clusters the ensembles with respect to their tonal systems, but no clusters between Indonesian and Western ensembles can be found in this respect. Therefore, a clear analogy between lower articulatory variability and large-scale form variation and a more exostistic, mediative and calm performance expectation and reception of gamelan in the West therefore appears.
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spellingShingle Clustering of Indonesian and Western Gamelan Orchestras through Machine Learning of Performance Parameters
Linke, Simon
Wendt, Gerrit
Bader, Rolf
Sound
Machine Learning
Indonesian and Western gamelan ensembles are investigated with respect to performance differences. Thereby, the often exotistic history of this music in the West might be reflected in contemporary tonal system, articulation, or large-scale form differences. Analyzing recordings of four Western and five Indonesian orchestras with respect to tonal systems and timbre features and using self-organizing Kohonen map (SOM) as a machine learning algorithm, a clear clustering between Indonesian and Western ensembles appears using certain psychoacoustic features. These point to a reduced articulation and large-scale form variability of Western ensembles compared to Indonesian ones. The SOM also clusters the ensembles with respect to their tonal systems, but no clusters between Indonesian and Western ensembles can be found in this respect. Therefore, a clear analogy between lower articulatory variability and large-scale form variation and a more exostistic, mediative and calm performance expectation and reception of gamelan in the West therefore appears.
title Clustering of Indonesian and Western Gamelan Orchestras through Machine Learning of Performance Parameters
topic Sound
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03713