Perceiving similarity relationships in melodies is a fundamental musical process effortlessly
performed by the cognitive system of listeners. For this reason, computationally heavy …

The recognition of melodic structure depends on both the segmentation into structural units,
the melodic motifs, and relations of motifs which are mainly determined by similarity. Existing …

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 …

Melodic similarity is a central concept in many sub-disciplines of musicology, as well as for
many computer based applications that deal with the classifications and retrieval of melodic …

In recent years the interest in melodic similarity has mushroomed mainly due to the
increased importance of music information retrieval (MIR). A great number of similarity …

The fundamental problem investigated is to develop a model space that automatically
classifies musics into categories by the detection of perceptually similar patterns in music …

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

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 …

The advance of music information retrieval (MIR) has brought about a strong interest in
melodic similarity models. In fact, the majority of these models derive their rational from the …

According to Western music theory, familiar melodies containing alterations which shift them
a long distance (harmonically) from the original should be considered perceptually …