Permissible Variability Quantitative Estimates in the Problem of the Znamenny Chant Note Line Reconstruction

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Irina V. Bakhmutova
Vladimir D. Gusev
Liubov A. Miroshnichenko

Abstract

The article is devoted to investigating the znamenny Chant variability which has a strong influence
on the results of the Znamennyy Chant Note Line Reconstruction. The approach to the computer support of deciphering the ancient Russian Znamenny Chant process, developed by the authors
is based on using dvoznamenniks, where the melody is written both in neumes and in notes and ties in an Old Slavonic text. The complexity of deciphering is due to the polysemy of the “neumes – note” correspondence, all repertoire of which is presented in the electronic alphabets of the znamenny chant, developed by the authors of this article. The quantitative information of the neumes interpretation indicated in these alphabets is unique and extremely important
for deciphering of Znamennyy Chants. It was discovered that even in the chants with the same names (“odnoimennykh”) from one echos (glas) but from different manuscripts, the same syllable of the text may be sung variously and, on the other hand, the similar chant can be written
with the other neumes. Such a variability on the Znamennyy and Note Line level, revealed under comparing one znamenny “odnoimennykh” chants from different manuscripts, can be attributed
to the category of a “permissible variability”. This work is devoted to a quantitative and qualitative studies of the permissible variability. It is emphasized that the results are interconnected
with the accuracy estimates of deciphering algorithms, developed by the authors.


Keywords: znamennyy chant, dvoznamenniks, note line reconstruction, edit distance, alignment, permissible variability.

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Bakhmutova И. В., Gusev В. Д., & Miroshnichenko Л. А. (2022). Permissible Variability Quantitative Estimates in the Problem of the Znamenny Chant Note Line Reconstruction. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 49(4), 98–106. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/1413
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Sacred Music
Author Biographies

Irina V. Bakhmutova, S.L. Sobolev Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia

Senior Researcher

Vladimir D. Gusev, S.L. Sobolev Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia

PhD (Science), Senior Researcher

Liubov A. Miroshnichenko, S.L. Sobolev Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia

PhD (Science), Senior Researcher