Visualizations of Tonality
CCRMA Affiliates, 10 May 2001
Craig Stuart Sapp (craig@ccrma.stanford.edu)
Tonal Plots Incorporating Ambiguity and Clarity
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Ambiguity is mapped to
intensity
.
High ambiguity = dark color
Low ambiguity = light color
Clarity is mapped to
saturation
.
High clarity = vivid color
Low clarity = grayish color
Mozart Viennese
Piano Sonatina
No. 1
Webern Op. 27
No. 1