Dr. S. Dixon, Wien

Lecture
Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut fuer Artificial Intelligence (OeFAI)
                      Schottengasse 3, A-1010 Wien
 Tel.: +43-1-53361120, Fax: +43-1-5336112-77, Email: sec@ai.univie.ac.at
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Dr.Simon DIXON
Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut
fuer Artificial Intelligence
Wien


               AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF TEMPO AND BEAT FROM
                      EXPRESSIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES

Although variation in tempo is one of the main expressive parameters in 
musical performance, most music still has an underlying tempo, that is, 
a semi-regular sequence of times at which listeners might clap their 
hands or tap their feet. In this talk, I will present a program that 
automatically extracts these beat locations from musical performance 
data in either audio or MIDI formats. A simple clustering algorithm 
finds regularities in the times between the beginnings of notes, and 
a multiple-hypothesis search is used to choose the sequence of beat 
locations best fitting a model of musical accent and timing. The system
will be demonstrated in both its automatic and interactive modes, 
performing tempo and beat extraction on music of various styles 
(e.g. classical, pop, jazz).


Zeit:   Donnerstag, 9.November 2000, 18.30 Uhr pktl. 
Ort:    Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut fuer Artificial Intelligence
        Schottengasse 3, 1010 Wien 1.


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