Variations2: Toward Visual Interfaces for Digital Music Libraries
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In this paper, we discuss unique challenges of visualizing musical data, address limitations of existing music interfaces and data structures, and propose some approaches to music visualization based on the data model developed by Variations2 digital music library project.
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