Statistical Analysis of Folk Songs of Jharkhand
Authors:
Shivani Tiwari and Soubhik Chakraborty
ISBN:
9788195293162
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
2023
Pages:
81 with numerous colour and b/w figures, tables, and photos
Size:
15 x 23 x 1 cm
Weight:
252 grams
Price:
INR
595.00
Folk songs play a very significant role in Indian classical music as the root of Indian classical music is the Indian folk music itself. Different states have different folk songs. This work deals with the statistical analysis of the folk songs of Jharkhand. Each song's analysis concerns with verifying whether the probabilities of notes in the song are fixed throughout the song or are the note probabilities varying. This tells us whether the probability distribution followed by the notes is multinomial or quasi multinomial respectively. Statistical parameterization method is used to quantify melody and rhythm. The presence of rhythm and melody is also analyzed by the Inter Onset Interval (IOI) and note duration graphs. The book should be found useful by music researchers and students of music and musicology, ethnomusicologists and music enthusiasts.
Shivani Tiwari
Shivani Tiwari has completed her Integrated M.Sc. in Mathematics & Computing from Department of Mathematics at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Her research interests are applied and computational statistics. The present work is a part of her master’s dissertation which she completed under the guidance of Prof. Soubhik Chakraborty.
Soubhik Chakraborty
Primarily a statistician, Soubhik Chakraborty is currently a Professor and formerly Head in the department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. His research interests are algorithm and music analysis involving extensive use of computational statistics. He has been guiding several research scholars leading to PhD in these areas and has published over 100 papers, 4 books and 7 research monographs. He is also an acknowledged reviewer associated with ACM, IEEE and AMS. Himself an amateur harmonium player and a former flutist, his recently published book Computational Musicology in Hindustani Music, joint with Prof. Guerino Mazzola (School of Music, University of Minnesota, USA) and Chakraborty’s own PhD scholars Dr Swarima Tewari and Dr Moujhuri Patra published by Springer in 2014 is the first book dedicated to the topic. He is also one of the authors of the book Signal Analysis of Hindustani Classical Music, Springer, 2017 jointly authored by Prof. Asoke Kumar Datta of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and four other co-authors.