3 papers
cs.SD2026
Methods for Pitch Analysis in Contemporary Popular Music: Multiphonic Tones Across Genres
Emmanuel Deruty, David Meredith, Yann Macé +3
This study argues that electronic tones routinely used in contemporary popular music - including 808-style bass and power chords - are structurally and perceptually equivalent to m…
cs.SD2025
Methods for pitch analysis in contemporary popular music: multiple pitches from harmonic tones in Vitalic's music
Emmanuel Deruty, David Meredith, Maarten Grachten +5
Aims. This study suggests that the use of multiple perceived pitches arising from a single harmonic complex tone is an active and intentional feature of contemporary popular music.…
cs.SD2025
Methods for pitch analysis in contemporary popular music: Vitalic's use of tones that do not operate on the principle of acoustic resonance
Emmanuel Deruty, Pascal Arbez-Nicolas, David Meredith
Vitalic is an electronic music producer who has been active since 2001. Vitalic's 2005 track "No Fun" features a main synthesiser part built from a sequence of single inharmonic to…