Key Finding with Interval Profiles.

Gerhard Widmer, Soeren Madsen

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Abstract

Comparing pitch class distributions with predefined key profiles has become the preferred method for key-finding in tonal music, since it was first proposed by Krumhansl and Schmuckler in 1990 [6]. When determining keys using this strategy, information about the temporal order of the notes is not taken into account, although this might contribute additional information useful for key-finding. An obvious extension of the pitch class profiles is to look at distributions of intervals – calculate scale degree transition profiles. This idea has not been given much attention in previous research. We conduct a data driven experiment where pitch class profiles and interval profiles are learned from key-annotated music and evaluated on a key-finding task.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2007) , Copenhagen, Denmark.
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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