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
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Humdrum Commands
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sort
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deg
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sort -d
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solfa
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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.
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What are the principal differences between the
deg and
solfa commands?
Answer
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In the Romanian folksongs,
are tonic pitches more commonly approached from above or below?
COMMAND: Answer
ANSWER: Answer
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Do the Hungarian folksongs differ from the Romanian
folksongs in how the tonic is approached?
COMMAND: Answer
ANSWER: Answer
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How many tonic pitches are there in the Italian folksong
collection?
How many dominant pitches are there?
COMMAND: Answer
ANSWER: Answer
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Create an alphabetical listing of the titles for the
Danish folksong collection.
COMMAND: Answer
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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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