A Comparison between Global and Local Features for Computational Classification of Folk Song Melodies

Journal of New Music Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-18

  van Kranenburg, Peter ^a   Volk, Anja ^b   Wiering, Frans ^b  

^a KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84876057799     PISSN: 09298215     EISSN: 17445027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09298215.2012.718790     Document Type: Article

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