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A computer program has been written which will transcribe a live performance of a classical melody into the equivalent of standard musical notation. It is intended to embody, in computational form, a psychological theory of how Western musicians perceive the rhythmic and tonal relationships between the notes of such melodies.
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Longuet-Higgins, H. Perception of melodies. Nature 263, 646–653 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263646a0
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