Copyright © 2018 Michael Dawson

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Dawson, Michael Robert William, 1959-, author

Connectionist representations of tonal music : discovering musical patterns by interpreting artificial neural networks / Michael R.W. Dawson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

1. Music—Psychological aspects—Case studies. 2. Music—Physiological aspects—Case studies. 3. Music—Philosophy and aesthetics—Case studies. 4. Neural networks (Computer science)—Case studies. I. Title.

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