Isochords: visualizing structure in music

Isochords is a visualization of music that aids in the classification of musical structure. The Isochords visualization highlights the consonant intervals between notes and common chords in music. It conveys information about interval quality, chord quality, and the chord progression synchronously during playback of digital music. Isochords offers listeners a means to grasp the underlying structure of music that, without extensive training, would otherwise remain unobserved or unnoticed. In this paper we present the theory of the Isochords structure, the visualization, and comments from novice and experienced users. CR Categories: H.5.1 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: multimedia Information Systems—animations, audio input/output; H.5.5 [Information Interfaces and presentation]: Sound and Music Computing noting

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: GRAPHICSINTERFACE
• Authors: Tony Bergstrom, Karrie Karahalios, John C. Hart
• Keywords: Computer Graphics, GRAPHICSINTERFACE 2007, Information Interfaces, Isochords Offers Listeners, Isochords Visualization