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This work was supported in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61221063, U1736205) and China Science and Technology Museum. Nan NAN was supported by Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program of Xi’an Jiaotong University (Grant No. IDT1707). The authors would like to thank Jicheng FENG, Jie HOU, Qinping GAO, Xi YANG, Bin LV, Yi ZHONG, Hui TIAN, Keju WANG, Zheng LIU, Lankui HAN of Xi’an Conservatory of Music for collaborating on the Concert for Bridging Art and Science that gives inspiration on this research, Jingchun WANG of CRISP, Chenxu WANG, Xiping MA, Xiaodi FANG, Ru WEN of Xi’an Jiaotong University for insightful discussions.
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Nan, N., Guan, X., Wang, Y. et al. Common quantitative characteristics of music melodies — pursuing the constrained entropy maximization casually in composition. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 65, 174201 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-021-3366-4
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