There are many different aspects of musical similarity [7]. Some relate to acoustic properties,
such as melodic [5], rhythmic [10], harmonic [9] and timbral [2]. Others are bound up in …

A valuable goal in the field of Music Information Retrieval (MIR) is to devise an automatic
measure of the similarity between two musical recordings based only on an analysis of their …

Previous work has explored the concept of music similarity measures and a variety of
methods have been proposed for calculating such measures. This paper describes a system …

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 …

We describe and discuss our recent work developing a database, methodology and ground
truth for the evaluation of automatic techniques for music similarity. Our database consists of …

This thesis aims at developing techniques which support users in accessing and discovering
music. The main part consists of two chapters. Chapter 2 gives an introduction to …

This paper investigates the concept of variation in music from the perspective of music
similarity. Music similarity is a central concept in Music Information Retrieval (MIR), however …

Music software applications often require similarity-finding methods. One instance involves
performing content-based searches, where music similar to what is heard by the listener is …

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

Our work is concerned with the subjective perception of music similarity in the context of
music recommendation. We present two user studies to explore inter-and intra-rater …