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TY - JOUR
T1 - Listening as discovery learning
AU - Marsden, Alan A.
PY - 1989/1/1
Y1 - 1989/1/1
N2 - Much current work in musical cognition is based on the notion of grammar, but there are problems in using this as a basis for modeling the process of listening as one of parsing. Not only are there unresolved issues in modeling listeners’ abilities to accommodate a multiplicity of musical styles, including novel styles, but also problems occur in modeling the recognition of recurrent patterns in a suitably flexible way. Discovery and learning are found to have a crucial role in the listening process, and so should be at the heart of a listening model. Learning models from other domains of cognitive science offer a potential basis for such models. This is illustrated through a model, based on Thagard and Holyoak's PI (“Processes of Induction”) system to learn the concept of beat by exposure to a metrical sequence of taps. Possibilities for the development of more sophisticated musical models along similar lines are explored.
AB - Much current work in musical cognition is based on the notion of grammar, but there are problems in using this as a basis for modeling the process of listening as one of parsing. Not only are there unresolved issues in modeling listeners’ abilities to accommodate a multiplicity of musical styles, including novel styles, but also problems occur in modeling the recognition of recurrent patterns in a suitably flexible way. Discovery and learning are found to have a crucial role in the listening process, and so should be at the heart of a listening model. Learning models from other domains of cognitive science offer a potential basis for such models. This is illustrated through a model, based on Thagard and Holyoak's PI (“Processes of Induction”) system to learn the concept of beat by exposure to a metrical sequence of taps. Possibilities for the development of more sophisticated musical models along similar lines are explored.
KW - learning systems
KW - Listening processes
KW - musical grammars
KW - musical models
U2 - 10.1080/07494468900640391
DO - 10.1080/07494468900640391
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84871148881
VL - 4
SP - 327
EP - 340
JO - Contemporary Music Review
JF - Contemporary Music Review
SN - 0749-4467
IS - 1
ER -