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... approximately . A melody of 20 notes , or 19 intervals , then has an information of 8 k H = - NΣ log : * -N i = 1 i 8 i - 1 k i k = – 19 ( 0.37 ) log2 k logiologio 1 2 1 i ) 8 = -19 ( 0.37 ) ( 3.32 ) = −23.4 ( 2.7 ) ( logio 0.37 ) + ...
... approximately . A melody of 20 notes , or 19 intervals , then has an information of 8 k H = - NΣ log : * -N i = 1 i 8 i - 1 k i k = – 19 ( 0.37 ) log2 k logiologio 1 2 1 i ) 8 = -19 ( 0.37 ) ( 3.32 ) = −23.4 ( 2.7 ) ( logio 0.37 ) + ...
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... approximately . The rate of information is 5.35 bits per second . This rate is not very far from that calculated for words in lan- guage ( 5 bits per second ) ; the semantic aspects of language and of music thus come together . The ...
... approximately . The rate of information is 5.35 bits per second . This rate is not very far from that calculated for words in lan- guage ( 5 bits per second ) ; the semantic aspects of language and of music thus come together . The ...
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... approximately 65 per cent of the length of the message was obliterated . The messages used were piano pieces by Liszt and symphonic orchestra works by Mendelssohn . This result is interesting when compared with that for language ; it ...
... approximately 65 per cent of the length of the message was obliterated . The messages used were piano pieces by Liszt and symphonic orchestra works by Mendelssohn . This result is interesting when compared with that for language ; it ...
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