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 Humdrum Commands
humsed
   

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.

  1. 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.) Answer
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  2. 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.) Answer
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  3. Repeat the above question, but eliminate fermatas (pauses) before tabulating Answer
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  4. Repeat the above question, but eliminate fermatas and ignore the chord's inversion. Answer
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  5. 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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  6. A dominant chord ("V") is surely the most common secondary chord (e.g. "V of"). What is the second most common secondary chord? Answer
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  7. 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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  8. 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".) Answer
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