Listeners' expectations for melodies and harmonies in tonal music are perhaps the most
studied aspect of music cognition. Long debated has been whether faster response times …

A Live Algorithm is an autonomous machine that interacts with musicians in an improvised
setting. This chapter outlines perspectives on Live Algorithm research, offering a high level …

Tonal affinity is the perceived goodness of fit of successive tones. It is important because a
preference for certain intervals over others would likely influence preferences for, and …

How can discrete pitches and chords emerge from the continuum of sound? Using a
quantum cognition model of tonal music, we prove that the associated Schrödinger equation …

Metaphors involving motion and forces are a source of inspiration for understanding tonal
music and tonal harmonies since ancient times. Starting with the rise of quantum cognition …

Quantum cognition emerged as an important discipline of mathematical psychology during
the last two decades. Using abstract analogies between mental phenomena and the formal …

After reviewing the physicalistic or metaphorical accounts to musical and visual forces by
Arnheim and Larson, respectively, which were inspired by the basic tenets of gestalt …

This chapter focuses on interactive tools for musical composition which, through
computational means, have some degree of autonomy in the creative process. This can …

How well does a given pitch fit into a tonal scale or tonal key, let it be a major or minor key?
A similar question can be asked regarding chords and tonal regions. Structural and …

The analyses presented in this paper use interval-cycle profiles to show that there is a
statistical link between interval cycles and Krumhansl and Kessler's (1982) major-and minor …