Nandekar, Abhsihek and Khona, Preeth and Rajani, MB and Sinha, Anindya and Nagaraj, Nithin (2021) Causal analysis of Carnatic music: A preliminary study. arXiv:2109.11782 [cs.SD].
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| Abstract: | The musicological analysis of Carnatic music is challenging, owing to its rich structure and complexity. Automated r¯aga classification, pitch detection, tonal analysis, modelling and information retrieval of this form of southern Indian classical music have, however, made significant progress in recent times. A causal analysis to investigate the musicological structure of Carnatic compositions and the identification of the relationships embedded in them have never been previously attempted. In this study, we propose a novel framework for causal discovery, using a compression-complexity measure. Owing to the limited number of compositions available, however, we generated surrogates to further facilitate the analysis of the prevailing causal relationships. Our analysis indicates that the context-free grammar, inferred from more complex compositions, such as the M¯el.akarta r¯aga, are a structural cause for the Janya r¯aga. We also analyse certain special cases of the Janya r¯aga in order to understand their origins and structure better. |
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| Item Type: | Journal Paper |
| Subjects: | School of Humanities > Art History School of Humanities > Fine Arts School of Humanities > Performing Arts |
| Divisions: | Schools > Humanities |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Feb 2026 04:24 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Feb 2026 04:24 |
| Official URL: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.11782 |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2109.11782 |
| URI: | http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/3208 |
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