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Music Information Retrieval (MIR) has a large variety of applications. One aspect that has not gathered a lot of attention yet is the application to non-western music ("world music"). In a task comparable to genre classification, this work`s goal is the classification of musical pieces into their corresponding cultural regions of origin. As a basis for such a classification, a three-tier taxonomy based on musical and geographic properties is created. A database consisting of approximately 4400 musical pieces representing the taxonomical classes is assembled and annotated. Based on rhythmic, tonal, and timbre-related audio features, different classification experiments are performed. We achieved an accuracy of approx. 70% for the classification of musical pieces into nine large world regions. Twelve new features that are especially suited for non-western music are implemented. They improve the classification result slightly. For the purpose of comparison, we carried out a listening test with musical laymen with an average accuracy of 52%.
Author (s): Kruspe, Anna; Lukashevich, Hanna; Abeßer, Jakob; Großmann, Holger; Dittmar, Christian
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Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany
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Publication Date:
2011-07-06
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Kruspe, Anna; Lukashevich, Hanna; Abeßer, Jakob; Großmann, Holger; Dittmar, Christian; 2011; Automatic Classification of Musical Pieces into Global Cultural Areas [PDF]; Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany; Paper P1-3; Available from: https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15958
Kruspe, Anna; Lukashevich, Hanna; Abeßer, Jakob; Großmann, Holger; Dittmar, Christian; Automatic Classification of Musical Pieces into Global Cultural Areas [PDF]; Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany; Paper P1-3; 2011 Available: https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15958
@article{kruspe2011automatic,
author={kruspe anna and lukashevich hanna and abeßer jakob and großmann holger and dittmar christian},
journal={journal of the audio engineering society},
title={automatic classification of musical pieces into global cultural areas},
year={2011},
number={P1-3},
month={july},}