DOUG ABRAMS
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1) Recursive Structure and Inversional Pitch-class Relations in Thelonious Monk's "Ruby, My Dear": An Analytical Approach to "Monkishness" (PUBLISHED IN JAZZ PERSPECTIVES VOLUME 9 ISSUE 3 2015) 

2) A Geometrical Approach to Form in the Scherzo and Trio of Bartók's Fifth String Quartet 

3) Rhythmic Complexity in Jazz: An Information Theory Approach (based on Ph.D. dissertation 2/3/23, Chris White, committee chair, Brent Auerbach and Jason Yust, committee members)

4) Hierarchical Motor Organization in Violin Performance: An Initial Study (third author, with John Paul Ito and Heather L. Rusiewicz)