Melodic Similarity: Looking for a Good Abstraction Level. Grachten, M., Arcos, J. L., & Mántaras, R. L. D. In Proceedings of the 5th International Society for Music Information Retrieval, 2004.
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Computing melodic similarity is a very general problem with diverse musical applications ranging from music analysis to content-based retrieval. Choosing the appropriate level of representation is a crucial issue and depends on the type of application. Our research interest concerns the development of a CBR system for expressive music processing. In that context, a well chosen distance measure for melodies is a crucial issue. In this paper we propose a new melodic similarity measure based on the I/R model for melodic structure and compare it with other existing measures. The experimentation shows that the proposed measure provides a good compromise between discriminatory power and ability to recognize phrases from the same song.
@InProceedings{    grachten.ea2004-melodic,
    author       = {Grachten, Maarten and Arcos, Josep Lluis and
                   M{\'{a}}ntaras, Ramon L{\'{o}}pez De},
    year         = {2004},
    title        = {Melodic Similarity: Looking for a Good Abstraction
                   Level},
    abstract     = {Computing melodic similarity is a very general problem
                   with diverse musical applications ranging from music
                   analysis to content-based retrieval. Choosing the
                   appropriate level of representation is a crucial issue and
                   depends on the type of application. Our research interest
                   concerns the development of a CBR system for expressive
                   music processing. In that context, a well chosen distance
                   measure for melodies is a crucial issue. In this paper we
                   propose a new melodic similarity measure based on the I/R
                   model for melodic structure and compare it with other
                   existing measures. The experimentation shows that the
                   proposed measure provides a good compromise between
                   discriminatory power and ability to recognize phrases from
                   the same song.},
    booktitle    = {Proceedings of the 5th International Society for Music
                   Information Retrieval},
    isbn         = {84-88042-44-2},
    keywords     = {music similarity},
    mendeley-tags= {music similarity}
}

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