Musical Tempo Curves
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چکیده
Timing models are essential to a variety of music related applications. In the field of performance research they facilitate the analysis of music interpretations. For performance synthesis they are essential for creating expressive performances. This paper details our approach to modelling musical tempo. An important issue is the description and implementation of continuous tempo transitions. Therefore, we introduce two different approaches, Explicit and Implicit Tempo Curves, and an intuitive parameterization to control their characteristics. These are applied in a listener study to evaluate the human ability to distinguish different tempo transitions. The result provides clues for optimizations and simplifications.
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