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View all- Ferreira DHaworth B(2022)DeepSolfège: Recognizing Solfège Hand Signs Using Convolutional Neural NetworksAdvances in Visual Computing10.1007/978-3-030-90439-5_4(39-50)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2022
Audiovisual Tool for Solfège Assessment
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Abstract
Solfège is a general technique used in the music learning process that involves the vocal performance of melodies, regarding the time and duration of musical sounds as specified in the music score, properly associated with the meter-mimicking performed by hand movement. This article presents an audiovisual approach for automatic assessment of this relevant musical study practice. The proposed system combines the gesture of meter-mimicking (video information) with the melodic transcription (audio information), where hand movement works as a metronome, controlling the time flow (tempo) of the musical piece. Thus, meter-mimicking is used to align the music score (ground truth) with the sung melody, allowing assessment even in time-dynamic scenarios. Audio analysis is applied to achieve the melodic transcription of the sung notes and the solfège performances are evaluated by a set of Bayesian classifiers that were generated from real evaluations done by experts listeners.
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Published: 16 December 2016
Accepted: 01 October 2016
Revised: 01 July 2016
Received: 01 March 2016
Published in TOMM Volume 13, Issue 1
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