Decadal and genre comparison of musical networks from MIDI files

Authors

Nicole Valdez National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Josephine Jill Cabatbat National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Ranzivelle Marianne Roxas-Villanueva Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Giovanni Tapang National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

We analyzed MIDI songs from (i) ten composers each from three genre – Rock, Jazz and Classical music – and from (ii) a ten year period of three genre – Rock, Pop and Country music, using complex networks. Betweenness centrality, clustering coefficient, degree and radius have been analyzed. Classical music networks obtained high betweenness centrality and radius while Rock music networks obtained a high clustering coefficient. These network parameters give information on the structure of the network and of the song. For the comparison of music networks over time, no significant difference in the network properties for Rock and Pop music. However, the betweenness centrality and radius of Country music networks was observed to be higher through the years.

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Issue

2012: Proceedings of the 30th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP2012-1A-4

Section

Complex Systems

Published

2012-10-22

How to Cite

[1]

N Valdez, JJ Cabatbat, RM Roxas-Villanueva, and G Tapang, Decadal and genre comparison of musical networks from MIDI files, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 30, SPP2012-1A-4 (2012). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP2012-1A-4.