ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates some aspects of formalizing semiotic analysis in terms of computational modelling. It focuses on the methodology as it relates to music analysis, rather than on algorithmic and implementation details. The chapter describes that paradigmatic analysis has so far resisted full formalization that may allow the implementation of sophisticated computational musical analytic systems. There have been several reasons for the unpopularity of the paradigmatic analysis among non-computational approaches; one of them may be the rigour in its application, regarding several issues that need to be addressed. The chapter focuses on three problem areas that relate to the selection of salient musical parameters for the description of musical entities, the hierarchic organization of musical structure, and the segmentation of a musical surface. It overviews and discusses analytical issues related to the computational analysis of Keren, a monophonic piece for trombone solo by Iannis Xenakis.
