Robust Polyphonic Music Retrieval with <i>N</i>-grams Export

@article{citeulike:3736918, abstract = {In this paper we investigate the retrieval performance of monophonic and polyphonic queries made on a polyphonic music database. We extend the n -gram approach for full-music indexing of monophonic music data to polyphonic music using both rhythm and pitch information. We define an experimental framework for a comparative and fault-tolerance study of various n -gramming strategies and encoding levels. For monophonic queries, we focus in particular on query-by-humming systems, and for polyphonic queries on query-by-example. Error models addressed in several studies are surveyed for the fault-tolerance study. Our experiments show that different n -gramming strategies and encoding precision differ widely in their effectiveness. We present the results of our study on a collection of 6366 polyphonic MIDI-encoded music pieces.}, address = {Hingham, MA, USA}, author = {Doraisamy, Shyamala and R\"uger, Stefan}, citeulike-article-id = {3736918}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=770016}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1023553801115}, doi = {10.1023/A:1023553801115}, issn = {0925-9902}, journal = {J. Intell. Inf. Syst.}, keywords = {chord-distance, melody-retrieval, midi, music-retrieval, n-gram, rhythm-features}, number = {1}, pages = {53--70}, posted-at = {2008-12-02 22:02:36}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Kluwer Academic Publishers}, title = {Robust Polyphonic Music Retrieval with <i>N</i>-grams}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1023553801115}, volume = {21}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3736918 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3736918 N2 - In this paper we investigate the retrieval performance of monophonic and polyphonic queries made on a polyphonic music database. We extend the n -gram approach for full-music indexing of monophonic music data to polyphonic music using both rhythm and pitch information. We define an experimental framework for a comparative and fault-tolerance study of various n -gramming strategies and encoding levels. For monophonic queries, we focus in particular on query-by-humming systems, and for polyphonic queries on query-by-example. Error models addressed in several studies are surveyed for the fault-tolerance study. Our experiments show that different n -gramming strategies and encoding precision differ widely in their effectiveness. We present the results of our study on a collection of 6366 polyphonic MIDI-encoded music pieces. IS - 1 JF - J. Intell. Inf. Syst. SN - 0925-9902 AD - Hingham, MA, USA EP - 70 TI - Robust Polyphonic Music Retrieval with <i>N</i>-grams PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers VL - 21 SP - 53 KW - chord-distance KW - melody-retrieval KW - midi KW - music-retrieval KW - n-gram KW - rhythm-features AU - Doraisamy, Shyamala AU - R\"uger, Stefan PY - 2003/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1023553801115 ER -