Visualizations of Tonality
CCRMA Affiliates, 10 May 2001
Craig Stuart Sapp (craig@ccrma.stanford.edu)
Tonal Plots Incorporating Ambiguity
(2)
Ambiguity is mapped to
root color
.
Low ambiguity = best root color
High ambiguity = color interpolation (RGB space) halfway between best root and second best root.
Clarity is not mapped.
Comparison of best roots and second-best roots
Mozart Viennese
Piano Sonatina
No. 1
best roots
second best roots
Mozart Viennese
Piano Sonatina
No. 1
Webern Op 27,
No. 1
best roots
second best roots
Webern Op. 27,
No. 1
Blending of best roots and second best roots
Mozart Viennese
Piano Sonatina
No. 1
comparison with best roots
comparison with best roots
Webern Op. 27
No. 1
comparison with best roots
comparison with best roots