In search of musical events

Autocorrelation has the potential to provide a means for detecting boundaries which delimit musical events, but it must be used carefully. Attempts to deal with either rhythmic or pitch data in isolation yield results which are inconclusive, at best. Examples are given of data which provide a more realistic abstraction of the signal which is actually perceived as a real time experience. Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether or not the ability to recognize patterns demonstrated here lies at the heart of the perception of musical events. Thus, autocorrelation should be considered as one of several alternatives for solving the problem of detecting boundaries between musical events