Music 824: Computer Applications in Music Research
Ohio State University
School of Music



Humdrum Exercise #7


For this exercise you will need to know the following new commands:

UNIX Commands Humdrum Commands
sort deg
sort -d solfa
   

Change directories to /var/opt/Humdrum/Scores/monody/essen/europa and answer the following questions. For each question, keep a record of both the answer, and the command(s) used to find your answer.

  1. What are the principal differences between the deg and solfa commands? Answer

  2. In the Romanian folksongs, are tonic pitches more commonly approached from above or below?
    COMMAND: Answer
    ANSWER: Answer
  3. Do the Hungarian folksongs differ from the Romanian folksongs in how the tonic is approached?
    COMMAND: Answer
    ANSWER: Answer
  4. How many tonic pitches are there in the Italian folksong collection? How many dominant pitches are there?
    COMMAND: Answer
    ANSWER: Answer
  5. Create an alphabetical listing of the titles for the Danish folksong collection.
    COMMAND: Answer
  6. Ignoring mode (major/minor), in the Swedish folksong collection, which scale degrees are most frequently repeated? Which scale degrees are least frequently repeated?
    COMMAND(S): Answer
    ANSWER: Answer

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