Aims: The aims of the study are two-fold: First, existing measures need to be systematized
according to their mathematical structure and their possible application to different …

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 …

This paper describes the systematization, testing and optimiziation of different approaches
for measuring similarities of melodies. First, a quick overview of our mathematical …

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 …

In this paper we propose three generalizations of well-known N-gram approaches for
measuring similarity of single-line melodies. In a former paper we compared around 50 …

We propose a still preliminary cognitive-distance metric to rank possible melodic matches.
Its primary purpose is to discriminate between literal matches and psychologically valid …

This paper describes an empirical approach to evaluating similarity measures for the
comparision of two note sequences or melodies. In the first sections the experimental …

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 …

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 nature of melodic similarity is interrogated through a survey of the different means by
which the phenomenon has been studied, examination of methods for measuring melodic …