Hidden discrete tempo model: A tempo-aware timing model for audio-to-score alignment

Cyril Joder, Slim Essid, Gaël Richard

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Abstract

In this paper, we present the Hidden Discrete Tempo Model, an effective Dynamic Bayesian Network for audio to score matching. Its main feature is an explicit modeling of tempo, which directly influences the timing model of the musical performance. Thanks to a discretization of the tempo set, it allows for an efficient decoding by the Viterbi algorithm, and facilitates the introduction of features which directly depend on the local tempo. We take advantage of this property by using the cyclic tempogram descriptor in addition to chroma vectors and onset detection features. Experiment run on both classical piano and pop music show the very high accuracy of this model for audio to score alignment, as well as the usefulness of the tempo feature used.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2011 - Proceedings
Pages397-400
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Aug 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event36th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2011 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 22 May 201127 May 2011

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Conference

Conference36th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2011
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period22/05/1127/05/11

Keywords

  • acoustic features
  • automatic alignment
  • dynamic Bayesian networks
  • music information retrieval

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