Evaluating Low-level Features for Beat Classification and Tracking

F. Gouyon, Gerhard Widmer, Simon Dixon

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Abstract

In this paper, we address the question of which low-level acoustical features are the most adequate for identifying music beats computationally. We consider 172 features computed on consecutive signal frames and systematically evaluate their individual value in the task of providing reliable cues for the presence and localisation of beats in music signals. We compare two ways of evaluating features: their accuracy in a song-specific classification task (classifying beats vs nonbeats) and their performance as a front-end to a beat tracking system.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2007)
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2007

Fields of science

  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 102001 Artificial intelligence
  • 102003 Image processing
  • 102015 Information systems
  • 202002 Audiovisual media

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