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Convention Paper

Structural Segmentation of Irish Traditional Music Using Chroma at Set Accented Tone Locations

Authors: Kelly, Cillian; Gainza, Mikel; Dorran, David; Coyle, Eugene

AES Convention 127 · Paper 7861 · October 2009

Abstract

An approach is presented which provides a structural segmentation of Irish Traditional Music. Chroma information is extracted at certain locations within the music. The resulting chroma vectors are compared to determine similar structural segments. Chroma is only calculated at `set accented tone' locations within the music. `Set accented tones' are considered to be impervious to melodic variation and are entirely representative of an Irish Traditional tune. Results show that comparing `set accented tones' represented by chroma significantly increases the structural segmentation accuracy than when `set accented tones' are represented by pitch values.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 127
AES Convention
127
Paper number
7861
Publication date
October 6, 2009
Session subject
Production and Analysis of Musical Sounds
Affiliation
Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper