Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesAnimalsSperm WhaleMusicHumansPeriodicity
Using Rhythmic Notation and Musical Analysis on Animal Communication: A Case Study on Sperm Whales.
Mia Davitt, Macrae Eckelberry, Max Davitt, Lara S Burchardt
Published: 202610.1111/nyas.70210
Abstract
Western music notation, a language of symbols representing various parameters in music, can be used to describe and analyze existing musical performances. Rhythmic elements such as periodicity and categorical rhythm have been studied in sperm whale (…
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