Music 824: Computer Applications in Music Research
Ohio State University
School of Music
Humdrum Exercise #18
For this exercise you will need to know the following
new commands:
UNIX Commands
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humsed
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Change directories to /var/opt/Humdrum/Scores 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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Locate the sample of chorales by J.S. Bach containing
**harm
(harmony) information.
What proportion of all chords is in first inversion?
Second inversion?
(N.B. You don't need humsed to answer this.)
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ANSWER:
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In the sample of chorales by J.S. Bach,
what is the most common chord?
(N.B. You don't need humsed to answer this.)
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ANSWER:
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Repeat the above question, but eliminate fermatas (pauses)
before tabulating
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ANSWER:
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Repeat the above question, but eliminate fermatas and ignore
the chord's inversion.
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ANSWER:
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Repeat the above question, but eliminate fermatas, ignore
the chord's inversion, and ignore whether the chord is a 7th chord.
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A dominant chord ("V") is surely the most common secondary chord (e.g. "V of").
What is the second most common secondary chord?
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COMMAND:
ANSWER:
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Repeat the above question, but eliminate fermatas, ignore
the chord's inversion, and ignore whether the chord is a 7th chord.
Answer
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ANSWER:
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BONUS QUESTION:
In secondary chords (e.g. "V/iii") what is the most common target of the
second chord? (In the example here, "iii" is the target of "V".)
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