Extracting the perceptual tempo from music
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چکیده
The study presented here outlines a procedure for measuring and quantitatively representing the perceptual tempo of a musical excerpt. We also present a method for applying such measures of perceptual tempo to the design of automatic tempo-trackers in order to more accurately represent the perceived beat in music.
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