Music segmentation with genetic algorithms

Brigitte Rafael, Stefan Oertl, Michael Affenzeller, Stefan Wagner

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Abstract

Music segmentation is a key issue in music information retrieval (MIR) as it provides an insight into the structure of a composition. Based on structural information, several tasks related to MIR such as searching and browsing large music collections, visualizing musical structure, lyric alignment, and music summarization can be further improved. Various approaches are available to achieve an appropriate segmentation of a given composition. The authors of this paper present an approach to appliy genetic algorithms for a solution to the segmentation problem.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 20th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA2009
Pages256-260
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event20th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA2009 - Linz, Austria
Duration: 31 Aug 20094 Sept 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA
ISSN (Print)1529-4188

Conference

Conference20th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA2009
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityLinz
Period31.08.200904.09.2009

Keywords

  • Genetic algorithms
  • Heuristic optimization
  • Music information retrieval
  • Music segmentation
  • Pattern recognition

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