Tunes & Tales

The aim of the project Tunes &amp; Tales is twofold:<br/>1. To design a representation of melodies and tales as (layered) <br/>sequences of motifs (building blocks). The core question of this <br/>subproject is: what are melodic and narrative motifs and how to <br/>represent melodies and tales as layered sequences of motifs in an <br/>appropriate and well-defined data structure that is implementable and <br/>suitable for further computational processing? A second question is <br/>whether it is possible to recognize tunes and tales from oral culture <br/>automatically based on the motifs they consist of.<br/>2. To design a model that explains and predicts the variation that <br/>occurs to melodies and tales in the process of oral transmission.<br/>The project team will consist of two Ph.D. students, a post-doctoral <br/>researcher and a scientific programmer.

Tunes & Tales

The aim of the project Tunes &amp; Tales is twofold:<br/>1. To design a representation of melodies and tales as (layered) <br/>sequences of motifs (building blocks). The core question of this <br/>subproject is: what are melodic and narrative motifs and how to <br/>represent melodies and tales as layered sequences of motifs in an <br/>appropriate and well-defined data structure that is implementable and <br/>suitable for further computational processing? A second question is <br/>whether it is possible to recognize tunes and tales from oral culture <br/>automatically based on the motifs they consist of.<br/>2. To design a model that explains and predicts the variation that <br/>occurs to melodies and tales in the process of oral transmission.<br/>The project team will consist of two Ph.D. students, a post-doctoral <br/>researcher and a scientific programmer.