Automatic Interval Naming Using Relative Pitch

Year: 1998 Authors: David Gerhard

Core claim

Two spectrogram-based methods can estimate interval ratios between successive notes by comparing harmonics rather than relying on absolute pitch.

Topics

relative pitch perception, musical interval detection, automatic music transcription, western music scales

Domains

frequency ratios, harmonic analysis, equal temperament, just intonation, music

Methods

spectrogram analysis, harmonic matching, fundamental frequency comparison, ratio approximation

Media

acoustic events, musical signals, spectrograms

Source status

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