Download or read book Statistics in Musicology written by Jan Beran and published by Chapman and Hall/CRC. This book was released on 2004 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, statistics and music are not generally associated with each other. However, ...intelligent... music software, computer digitization, and other advanced techniques and technologies have precipitated the need for standard statistical models to answer basic musicological questions. Statistics In Musicology presents an unprecedented introduction to statistical and mathematical methods developed for use in music analysis, music theory, and performance theory. It explores concrete methods for data generation and numerical encoding of musical data and serves as a practical reference for a wide audience, including statisticians, mathematicians, musicologists, and musicians.