Instrument independent musical genre classification using random 3000 ms segment

Gedik A. C., Alpkoçak A.

14th Turkish Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks, TAINN 2005, İzmir, Türkiye, 16 - 17 Haziran 2005, ss.149-157 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası:
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/11803089_18
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İzmir
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.149-157
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper presents a new approach to musical genre classification by using randomly selected maximum 3000 ms long segment of each recording. Recordings are classified into three root genres as jazz, classical and pop. A k-Nearest Neighbor (k-NN) classifier with pitch, harmony and rhythm features, independent from instruments, and a training set of 180 MIDI recordings is used for classification. The classifier is evaluated both quantitatively and cognitively using 45 MIDI recordings from outside the training set and considered for specificity, selectivity and accuracy measures. Experiments have demonstrated the good accuracy of the classifier and its high potential of use. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.