Modeling complexity in musical rhythm

@article{Liou2010ModelingCI,
  title={Modeling complexity in musical rhythm},
  author={Cheng-Yuan Liou and Tai-Hei Wu and Chia-Ying Lee},
  journal={Complex.},
  year={2010},
  volume={15},
  pages={19-30}
}
This article constructs a tree structure for the music rhythm using the L-system. It models the structure as an automata and derives its complexity. It also solves the complexity for the L-system. This complexity can resolve the similarity between trees. This complexity serves as a measure of psychological complexity for rhythms. It resolves the music complexity of various compositions including the Mozart effect K488. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity, 2010 
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