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• Tunes & Tales (2011-2016). The aim of the project Tunes & Tales is twofold: 1. To design a representation of melodies and tales as (layered) sequences of motifs (building blocks). The core question of this subproject is: what are melodic and narrative motifs and how to represent melodies and tales as layered sequences of motifs in an appropriate and well-defined data structure that is implementable and suitable for further computational processing? A second question is whether it is possible to recognize tunes and tales from oral culture automatically based on the motifs they consist of. 2. To design a model that explains and predicts the variation that occurs to melodies and tales in the process of oral transmission. The project team will consist of two Ph.D. students, a post-doctoral researcher and a scientific programmer.