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Meredith, D. (2007). Optimizing Chew and Chen's pitch spelling algorithm. Computer Music Journal, 31(2), pp. 54-72. [Online publication]
Meredith, D. (2006). The ps13 pitch spelling algorithm. Journal of New Music Research, 35(2), pp. 121-159. [Online publication]
Meredith, D., Lemström, K. and Wiggins, G. A. (2002). Algorithms for discovering repeated patterns in multidimensional representations of polyphonic music. Journal of New Music Research, 31(4), pp. 321-345. [Online publication] [Draft]
Pearce, M. T., Meredith, D. and Wiggins, G. A. (2002). Motivations and methodologies for automation of the compositional process. Musicae Scientiae, 6(2), pp. 119-147. [Draft]
Meredith, D. (1993). Computer-aided comparison of syntax systems in three piano pieces by Debussy. Contemporary Music Review, 9(1-2), pp. 285-304. [Online publication]
Meredith, D. (2011). Tonal scales and minimal simple pitch class cycles. In C. Agon, E. Amiot, M. Andreatta, G. Assayag, J. Bresson and J. Mandereau (eds.) Mathematics and Computation in Music - MCM 2011, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science), Vol. 6726, pp. 165-179. Springer, Berlin. [Paper] [Online publication]
Meredith, D. (2009). Introduction. In Crawford, T. and Gibson, L., (eds.), Modern Methods for Musicology: Prospects, Proposals, and Realities, Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities Series. Ashgate, Aldershot. eBook ISBN: 978-0-7546-8175-5. Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7546-7302-6. Book page on [Ashgate], [Amazon] and [Google books]
Clifford, R., Crawford, T., Iliopoulos C. and Meredith, D. (2005). Problems in computational musicology. In String Algorithmics, NATO Science Series. KCL Press, London.
Meredith, D. (2005). Comparing pitch spelling algorithms on a large corpus of tonal music. In U. K. Wiil (ed.), Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval: Second International Symposium, CMMR 2004, Esbjerg, Denmark, May 26-29, 2004, Revised Papers, (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3310), pp. 173-192. Springer, Berlin. [Online publication] [Slides with notes (1.3MB)]
Cross, I., Bennett, A. and Meredith, D. (1996). Music: Computer use in Musicological Research. In C. Mullings, M. Deegan, S. Ross and S. Kenna (eds.), New Technologies for the Humanities, pp. 299-318. Bowker-Saur, London.
Meredith, D. (2011). Tonal Scales and Minimal Simple Pitch Class Cycles. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music (MCM 2011) (15-17 June 2011), Paris. [Full paper] [Slides]
Meredith, D. (2009). Simple Pitch Class Cycles and Western Tonal Scales. Dagstuhl Seminar on Knowledge Representation for Intelligent Music Processing (No. 09051) (25-30 January, 2009) Internationales Begegnungs- und Forschungszentrum für Informatik (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany. [Slides]
Meredith, D. (2007). Point-set algorithms for pattern discovery and pattern matching in music. Bristol Algorithm Days (BAD'07), University of Bristol, 18-20 February 2007. [Slides]
Clifford, R., Christodoulakis, M., Crawford, T., Meredith, D. and Wiggins, G. A. (2006). A fast, randomised, maximum subset matching algorithm for document-level music retrieval. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2006), Victoria, Canada, 8-12 October 2006. [Online publication]
Meredith, D. (2006). Point-set algorithms for pattern discovery and pattern matching in music. Proceedings of the Dagstuhl Seminar on Content-Based Retrieval (No. 06171) (23-28 April, 2006). Internationales Begegnungs- und Forschungszentrum für Informatik (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany. [Online publication]
Meredith, D. and Wiggins, G. A. (2005). Comparing pitch spelling algorithms. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2005), London, 11-15 September 2005. [Online publication]
Meredith, D. (2003). Pitch spelling algorithms. In R. Kopiez, A. C. Lehmann, I. Wolther and C. Wolf (eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth Triennial ESCOM Conference, September 8-13, 2003, Hanover University of Music and Drama, Hanover, Germany, pp. 204-207. [Abstract] [Full paper]
Meredith, D., Lemström, K. and Wiggins, G. A. (2003). Algorithms for discovering repeated patterns in multidimensional representations of polyphonic music. Cambridge Music Processing Colloquium 2003, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. [Full paper]
Wiggins, G. A., Lemström, K. and Meredith, D. (2002). SIA(M)ESE: An algorithm for transposition invariant, polyphonic content-based music retrieval. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2002), 13-17 September 2002, IRCAM, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. pp. 283-284. [Full paper]
Lemström, K., Wiggins, G. A. and Meredith, D. (2001). A three-layer approach for music retrieval in large databases. In Proceedings of the Second Annual International Symposium on Music Information Retrieval 2001 (ISMIR 2001), Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. [Full paper] [Poster]
Meredith, D., Wiggins, G. A. and Lemström, K. (2001). Pattern induction and matching in polyphonic music and other multi-dimensional datasets. In Callaos, N., Zong, X., Vergez, C. and Pelaez, J. R. (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI2001), July 22-25, Orlando, FL., Vol. X, pp. 61-66. [Full paper] [Slides with notes (PDF, 652KB)]
Meredith, D. (1999). The computational representation of octave equivalence in the Western staff notation system. Cambridge Music Processing Colloquium 1999, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. [Full paper (PDF, 160KB)]
Meredith, D. (1994). The structure of a computational model of tonal composition. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Liège, Belgium.
Meredith, D. (1991). Towards a formal cognitive theory of harmonic pitch structure in the music of J.S.Bach. In International Conference on Computers in Music Research, Queen's University of Belfast, 7-10 April 1991.
Meredith, D. (1990). Computer-aided comparison of syntax systems in three piano pieces by Debussy. In 2nd International Conference on Music and the Cognitive Sciences, University of Cambridge.
Meredith, D. (2007). Computing Pitch Names in Tonal Music: A Comparative Analysis of Pitch Spelling Algorithms. D.Phil. dissertation. Faculty of Music, University of Oxford. Defended 2 February 2007, final version approved 10 May 2007. [Full text (PDF, 6.19MB)]
Meredith, D. (2004). Method of computing the pitch names of notes in MIDI-like music representations. US Patent application No. 10/821,962. Filed on 12 April 2004. (Priority date claimed: 11 April 2003). [Full patent documentation (PDF, 772KB)]
Meredith, D., Wiggins, G. A. and Lemström, K. (2002). Method of pattern discovery. UK Patent GB2379056, granted 29 September 2004. (Priorities: GB0112551 23 May 2001; GB0200203 07 Jan 2002). [Draft] [On esp@cenet here and here]
Meredith, D. (2008). Music Processing Algorithms. (8 October 2008). Faculty of Music, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. [Powerpoint presentation]
Meredith, D. (2008). Music Processing Algorithms. (10 September 2008). Department of Media Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. [Powerpoint presentation]
Meredith, D. (2006). Modelling the perception and cognition of musical structure. (20 November 2006). IMR-AHRC Research Skills Training Seminar, British Library, London, UK. [Powerpoint presentation]
Meredith, D. (2006). Algorithms for pattern discovery and pitch spelling in music. (14 March 2006). Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK. [Powerpoint presentation (5.9MB)]
Meredith, D. (2003). Pitch spelling algorithms. MaMuX Seminar (13 December 2003), IRCAM, Centre G. Pompidou, 1, place I. Stravinsky, 75004 Paris. [Slides and notes (PDF, 1.8MB)] [Abstract and seminar program]
Meredith, D. (2003). David Temperley's The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001). Science and Music Seminar (18 March 2003), Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge. [Slides with notes (PDF, 296KB)]
Meredith, D., Lemström, K. and Wiggins, G. A. (2002). Algorithms for discovering repeated patterns in multidimensional representations of polyphonic music. Seminar given at: Department of Computer Science (DAIMI), University of Aarhus, Denmark (10 December 2002); Department of Computer Science (DIKU), University of Copenhagen, Denmark (12 December 2002); and Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary, University of London (19 February 2003). [Abstract for QM talk] [Slides with notes (PDF, 428KB)]
Meredith, D., Wiggins, G. A. and Lemström, K. (2001). A Geometric Approach to Repetition Discovery and Pattern Matching in Polyphonic Music. Computer Science Colloquium, Department of Computer Science, King's College London. [Slides with Notes (PDF, 328KB)]
Meredith, D., Wiggins, G. A. and Lemström, K. (2001). Pattern discovery and pattern matching in polyphonic music and other multidimensional datasets. (12 June 2001). Faculty of Music, University of Edinburgh. [Slides with notes (PDF, 1.1MB)]
Meredith, D. (2000). Discovering translation-invariant patterns in music and other multidimensional datasets. Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland. [Abstract]
Meredith, D. (1999). Representing pitch relations using digraphs. (16 March 1999). Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge. [Slides with notes (PDF, 212KB)]
Meredith, D. (2007). Proof of the Equivalence of the Spiral Array and the Line of Fifths in Chew and Chen's Pitch-Spelling Algorithm. Computer Music Journal, 31(4), pp. 5-7. [Online publication]
Meredith, D. (2007). Report on AHRC ICT Methods Network Workshop on "The Future of Information Technology in Music Research and Practice", held at Goldsmiths College, University of London, 8 September 2006. [HTML] [PDF]
Meredith, D. (2006). Rapporteur's Report on AHRC ICT Methods Network Expert Seminar on "Modern Methods for Musicology: Prospects, Proposals and Realities", held at Royal Holloway, University of London, 3 March 2006. [HTML] [PDF]
Meredith, D. (2004). Review of SARC Research Workshop on Music Informatics and Cognition, 29 May, 2004, Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Queen's University of Belfast. Available online [here].
Pearce, M. T. and Meredith, D. (2004). Review of the Second International Symposium on Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval (CMMR 2004). Computer Music Journal, 28(4), pp. 91-93. [Online publication] [Draft]
Meredith, D. (2002). Review of David Temperley's The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001). Musicae Scientiae, 6(2), pp. 287-302. [Draft]
Meredith, D. (2001). MIPS: A Formal Language for the Mathematical Investigation of Pitch Systems. (Version of 10 September 2001.) [Full document (PDF, 1.1MB)]
Meredith, D. (1996). The Logical Structure of an Algorithmic Theory of Tonal Music. Full text available [here as PDF (4.9MB)] and [here as ZIP, 3.6MB].
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