Melody detection in polyphonic musical signals: Exploiting perceptual rules, note salience, and melodic smoothness

Computer Music Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 80-98

  Paiva, Rui Pedro ^a   Mendes, Teresa ^a   Cardoso, Amílcar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ALGORITHMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

MELODIC SMOOTHNESS; NOTE SALIENCE; PERCEPTUAL RULES;

COMPUTER MUSIC;

EID: 33845491285     PISSN: 01489267     EISSN: 15315169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/comj.2006.30.4.80     Document Type: Article

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