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Author Knees, Peter, author

Title Music similarity and retrieval : an introduction to audio- and web-based strategies / Peter Knees, Markus Schedl
Published Berlin : Springer, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 299 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series The information retrieval series, 1387-5264 ; volume 36
Information retrieval series ; 36.
Contents 1 Introduction to Music Similarity and Retrieval -- 2 Basic Methods of Audio Signal Processing -- 3 Audio Feature Extraction for Similarity Measurement -- 4 Semantic Labeling of Music -- 5 Contextual Music Meta-data: Comparison and Sources -- 6 Contextual Music Similarity, Indexing, and Retrieval -- 7 Listener-centered Data Sources and Aspects: Traces of Music Interaction -- 8 Collaborative Music Similarity and Recommendation -- 9 Applications -- 10 Grand Challenges and Outlook -- Appendix
Summary This book provides a summary of the manifold audio- and web-based approaches to music information retrieval (MIR) research. In contrast to other books dealing solely with music signal processing, it addresses additional cultural and listener-centric aspects and thus provides a more holistic view. Consequently, the text includes methods operating on features extracted directly from the audio signal, as well as methods operating on features extracted from contextual information, either the cultural context of music as represented on the web or the user and usage context of music. Following the prevalent document-centered paradigm of information retrieval, the book addresses models of music similarity that extract computational features to describe an entity that represents music on any level (e.g., song, album, or artist), and methods to calculate the similarity between them. While this perspective and the representations discussed cannot describe all musical dimensions, they enable us to effectively find music of similar qualities by providing abstract summarizations of musical artifacts from different modalities. The text at hand provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the topics of music search, retrieval, and recommendation from an academic perspective. It will not only allow those new to the field to quickly access MIR from an information retrieval point of view but also raise awareness for the developments of the music domain within the greater IR community. In this regard, Part I deals with content-based MIR, in particular the extraction of features from the music signal and similarity calculation for content-based retrieval. Part II subsequently addresses MIR methods that make use of the digitally accessible cultural context of music. Part III addresses methods of collaborative filtering and user-aware and multi-modal retrieval, while Part IV explores current and future applications of music retrieval and recommendation.>
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 2, 2016)
Subject Music -- Computer network resources
Information retrieval.
Music -- Information technology
Information theory in music.
information retrieval.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General.
Music -- Computer network resources
Information retrieval
Information theory in music
Form Electronic book
Author Schedl, Markus, author
ISBN 9783662497227
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3662497204
9783662497203