More Than Meets the Ear: What to Expect from a Musicologist

The method of comparison entails listening to the works, examining the transcriptions, studying the tempo, harmonies, arrangements, duration, number of measures, structure and key signatures. Not all results were relevant when other factors were taken into consideration, but it provided a good sense...

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Published inThe Entertainment and sports lawyer Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 24 - 26
Main Author Saadi, George
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Bar Association 01.01.2021
Subjects
Copyright infringement
Evidence
Evidence, Expert
Expert witness testimony
Laws, regulations and rules
Management
Melody
Musical performances
Musicians & conductors
Musicologists
Musicology
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Summary:The method of comparison entails listening to the works, examining the transcriptions, studying the tempo, harmonies, arrangements, duration, number of measures, structure and key signatures. Not all results were relevant when other factors were taken into consideration, but it provided a good sense of the commonality of the phrase (or lack thereof), before focusing on a meaningful subset useful to a particular case report. [...]as a musicologist, now I understand that only by application of rigorous methods can a musician's instinct transform into an expert's opinion with the gravitas required in a court of law.
ISSN:0732-1880
2767-3057