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TARTINI
the real-time music analysis tool
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Tartini is a program designed as a practical music analysis tool for singers and instrumentalists.
Just plug in a microphone and instantly your computer will give real-time feedback including:-
- Accurate pitch contours for visualising intonation, vibrato shape, tuning or just which note is being played
- Loudness graphs, to help analyse dynamics
- Harmonic structure of a note describing timbre
The program is named after the violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini. In 1714, he discovered that if two related notes were played simultaneously on a violin, a third sound could be heard. The frequency of the third sound is the difference in frequencies of the two original notes. Tartini taught his students that unless they could hear the third sound, they were playing out of tune. Thus we see him as an early example of someone trying to apply scientific principles to understanding and improving musical technique.
About Us
- Philip McLeod: Main programmer/researcher. Philip has been writing Tartini as part of his PhD work.
- Prof. Geoff Wyvill: Primary PhD Supervisor (Department
of Computer Science)
- Dr. Don Warrington: PhD Supervisor (Department of Physics)
- Mr Kevin A. Lefohn: Lecturer in Violin and Viola (Department of Music)
- Miss Judy Bellingham: Senior Lecturer in voice (Department of Music)