Abstract
This study presents a new approach for music
representation and pattern identification in melody.
Melody is consider as one of the most important elements
of analysis in musical units. Western musical examples
taken from Stein’s book Structure and Style: The Study
and Analysis of Musical Forms were digitalized into
vectors of events and analyzed via wavelets. The
examples correspond to the following uses of figures:
repetition, sequence, contrary motion and interlocking or
overlapping. The wavelet technique was used because its
capability in self-similarity detection caused by scales
and dilatations. The coefficients found by the discrete
and continuous wavelet transforms were plotted in color
scales, revealing similarity degrees. The visualization of
the coefficients allows identification of patterns and
segmentation of musical units. Future work should study
systematically a greater corpus of musical examples and
uses of figures and extend the analysis through the
structure of the form.
representation and pattern identification in melody.
Melody is consider as one of the most important elements
of analysis in musical units. Western musical examples
taken from Stein’s book Structure and Style: The Study
and Analysis of Musical Forms were digitalized into
vectors of events and analyzed via wavelets. The
examples correspond to the following uses of figures:
repetition, sequence, contrary motion and interlocking or
overlapping. The wavelet technique was used because its
capability in self-similarity detection caused by scales
and dilatations. The coefficients found by the discrete
and continuous wavelet transforms were plotted in color
scales, revealing similarity degrees. The visualization of
the coefficients allows identification of patterns and
segmentation of musical units. Future work should study
systematically a greater corpus of musical examples and
uses of figures and extend the analysis through the
structure of the form.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 13 Aug 2010 |
| Publication status | Published - 13 Aug 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference - Utrechts Conservatorium , Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 9 Aug 2010 → 13 Sept 2010 Conference number: 11 |
Conference
| Conference | International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference |
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| Number | 11 |
| Location | Utrechts Conservatorium |
| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Utrecht |
| Period | 09/08/2010 → 13/09/2010 |