This book contains accessible surveys by several leading experts in the field. The first part is a thorough and comprehensive introduction to the existing theory of empirical process techniques for dependent data, starting from the classical contributions of Billingsley and including present day research. The bibliography provides an excellent basis for further studies. The remaining parts of the book give an overview of the most recent applications in various fields related to empirical processes such as spectral analysis of time series, the bootstrap for stationary sequences, extreme value...

Oriental Jazz Improvisation - Microtonality and Harmony is a comprehensive comparative study that explores the incorporation of Turkish, Arabic, and North Indian scales and modes into jazz improvisation and modulation. The book includes a multitude of scales and modes from these music cultures, along with their transpositions. These scales and modes are essential for any musician interested in South-Western Asian or North Indian music. Besides, the book delves into numerous scales and modes from other cultures' folk music, such as Greek rebetiko, Bulgarian wedding music, or Jewish music,...

TÜRK SANAT MÜZIGI - The Turkish art music, one of the greatest art musics in the world. Arabs and Persians both left deep traces in this music, which, despite its homophonic characteristic, indwells no harmony in the classical sense, has achieved an impressive harmonic richness and has, with the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in South-Eastern Europe and especially the Balkans, strongly influenced the music traditions of those countries (e.g., Bulgaria, Greece, a.s.o.). This book contains over 50 of the most common makamlar and their scales along with their modulations. Besides, the Turkish...