Chris White (Amherst) on Computational Models that "Hear" Musical Keys
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Date: Fri, 03/06/2026 - 10:30am - 12:00pm Location: CCRMA Seminar Room Event Type: Hearing Seminar What is special about a musical key? From a mathematical point of view it’s just a simple linear transformation. But why does music in one key sound happy and another sad? Craig Sapp is hosting this week’s CCRMA Hearing Seminar to led by Prof. Chris White (UMass Amherst). How the heck do we perceive different musical keys? Can we model and predict it? Who: Chris White (UMass Amherst) What: Comput