Timescapes
• Examine the internal tempo structure of a
performances
• Plot average tempos over various time-spans
in the piece
• Example of a piece with 6 beats at tempos A,
B, C, D, E, and F:
average
tempo for
entire
piece
plot
of individual
tempos
average
tempo of
adjacent
neighbors
3-neighbor average
4-neighbor average
5-neighbor average
