Opens in a new tab

AES E-Library

← Back to search

Convention Paper

Automatic Bar Line Segmentation

Authors: Gainza, Mikel; Barry, Dan; Coyle, Eugene

AES Convention 123 · Paper 7270 · October 2007

Abstract

A method that segments the audio according to the position of the bar lines is presented. The method detects musical bars that frequently repeat in different parts of a musical piece by using an audio similarity matrix. The position of each bar line is predicted by using prior information about the position of previous bar lines as well as the estimated bar length. The bar line segmentation method does not depend on the presence of percussive instruments to calculate the bar length. In addition, the alignment of the bars allows moderate tempo deviations

Details

Published in
AES Convention 123
AES Convention
123
Paper number
7270
Publication date
October 6, 2007
Session subject
Signal Processing Applied to Music
Affiliation
Dublin Institute of Technology (Audio Reseach Group) (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper