Computational models of expressive music performance: A comprehensive and critical review

CE Cancino-Chacón, M Grachten, W Goebl… - Frontiers in Digital …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Expressive performance is an indispensable part of music making. When playing a piece,
expert performers shape various parameters (tempo, timing, dynamics, intonation …

An interdisciplinary review of music performance analysis

A Lerch, C Arthur, A Pati, S Gururani - arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.09018, 2021 - arxiv.org
A musical performance renders an acoustic realization of a musical score or other
representation of a composition. Different performances of the same composition may vary …

An evaluation of linear and non-linear models of expressive dynamics in classical piano and symphonic music

CE Cancino-Chacón, T Gadermaier, G Widmer… - Machine Learning, 2017 - Springer
Expressive interpretation forms an important but complex aspect of music, particularly in
Western classical music. Modeling the relation between musical expression and structural …

Toward computer-assisted understanding of dynamics in symphonic music

M Grachten, CE Cancino-Chacón… - IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many people enjoy classical symphonic music. Its diverse instrumentation makes for a rich
listening experience. This diversity adds to conductors' expressive freedom to shape the …

[PDF][PDF] The basis mixer: a computational romantic pianist

CEC Chacón, M Grachten - Late-Breaking Demos of the 17th …, 2016 - wp.nyu.edu
In this demonstration, we give an overview of the Basis Mixer, a basis modeling framework
for musical expression in piano music. This framework, which was originally conceived for …

A computational study of the role of tonal tension in expressive piano performance

C Cancino-Chacón, M Grachten - arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.01080, 2018 - arxiv.org
Expressive variations of tempo and dynamics are an important aspect of music
performances, involving a variety of underlying factors. Previous work has showed a relation …

What were you expecting? Using expectancy features to predict expressive performances of classical piano music

C Cancino-Chacón, M Grachten, DRW Sears… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2017 - arxiv.org
In this paper we present preliminary work examining the relationship between the formation
of expectations and the realization of musical performances, paying particular attention to …

Unveiling the Art of Piano Performance: A Study of Pianist Identification through Statistical and Hierarchical Models

SRM Rafee - 2023 - qmro.qmul.ac.uk
Automatic Performer Identification from the symbolic representation of music has been a
challenging topic in the field of Music Information Retrieval (MIR). This thesis proposes …

Computational Modeling of Expressive Music Performance with Linear and Non-linear Basis Function Models/submitted by Carlos Eduardo Cancino Chacon

CE Cancino Chacon - 2018 - epub.jku.at
This thesis gives a comprehensive overview of the Basis Function Models (BMs), a family of
computational models of expressive music performance. These models have been …

[PDF][PDF] RENDERING EXPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES OF MUSICAL PIECES THROUGH SAMPLING FROM GENERATIVE PROBABILISTIC MODELS

CEC CHACÓN, M GRACHTEN - carloscancinochacon.com
The Basis Modeling (BM) framework is a state-of-the-art model for musical expression that
has been used in both analysis and rendering of expressive music performances. In their …