Music software applications often require similarity-finding measures. In this study, we
describe an empirically derived measure for determining similarity between two melodies …

Aims. We have two aims. The first is to establish a framework to conducting ecological
studies. Second, to evaluate the relations between similarity facets, namely sound, lyrics …

I attempt to align and compare the various papers in this Discussion Forum and to draw
some general conclusions from them. Because the range of papers is so broad, it is not …

This paper describes both a newly developed method for manual annotation for aspects of
melodic similarity and its use for evaluating melody features concerning their contribution to …

Similarity is an important concept in music cognition research since the similarity between
(parts of) musical pieces determines perception of stylistic categories and structural …

In this article we show that a subgroup of music experts has a reliable and consistent notion
of melodic similarity, and that this notion can be measured with satisfactory precision. Our …

We propose a mid-level melody-based representation that incorporates melodic, rhythmic
and structural aspects of a music signal and is useful for calculating audio similarity …

Computing melodic similarity is a very general problem with diverse musical applications
ranging from music analysis to content-based retrieval. Choosing the appropriate level of …

Music similarity is a complex concept that manifests itself in areas such as Music Information
Retrieval (MIR), musicological analysis and music cognition. Modelling the similarity of two …

This investigation aims at finding an optimal way of measuring the similarity of melodies. The
applicability for an automated analysis and classification was tested on a folk song collection …