Query-by-Humming (QBH) is an increasingly popular technology that allows users to browse through a song database by singing/humming a part of the song they wish to retrieve. Besides these cases, QBH can be also used in applications such as Score Alignment and Real-Time Accompaniment, to locate the exact position of the soloist within the piece. We propose a system that initially pinpoints a sin...

Query-by-Humming (QBH) is an increasingly prominent technology that allows users to browse through a song database by singing/humming a part of the song they wish to retrieve. Besides these cases, QBH can also be used to track the performance of a user in applications such as Score Alignment and Real-Time Accompaniment. In this paper we present an online QBH algorithm for audio recordings of si...

Huaying Gaoqiang is a traditional folk song that has been passed down in the Mountain area of northern Chongqing and eastern Sichuan. After more than three hundred years development evolution, it gradually formed into high pitched with unique appearance Bashu. In 2011, was selected Municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage List. This article combines historical origin classification Gaoqiang, focu...

This qualitative study explored counseling student perceptions of the use of song lyrics to practice reflective listening skills. Student perceptions included reactions to a creative technique, increased confidence in reflective skills, applicability of skills, and potential issues with this activity. Results, implications for counselor education, and future research are explored. Author's Note...

This study is about a syntactic analysis on sentences in the song lyrics of Josh Groban by using tree diagram theory. Thus, aims this are (1) To find out types phrases used (2) sentence patterns lyrics. The object which entitled “You Raise Me Up”. method qualitative analysis. technique collecting data 3 steps. steps are: preparing and organizing, coding, (3) representing data. Finally, findings...

This study explores song lyrics to use in language teaching enhance students’ ecoliteracy while developing their competency. Today’s goes beyond proficiency but capability address such emerging issues society as ecological crises. Inclusion of authentic materials like may motive learners be proficient well ecoliterate. The method used this research include data selection, i.e., from KePal-SPI, ...

This paper presents a singing recording system, VocaRefiner, that enables a singer to make a better singing recording by integrating multiple recordings of a song he or she has sung repeatedly. It features a function called clickable lyrics, with which the singer can click a word in the displayed lyrics to start recording from that word. Clickable lyrics facilitate efficient multiple recordings...

We propose two novel lyrics-to-audio alignment methods which make use of additional chord information. In the first method we extend an existing hidden Markov model (HMM) for lyrics alignment [1] by adding a chord model based on the chroma features often used in automatic audio chord detection. However, the textual transcriptions found on the Internet usually provide chords only for the first a...

As expressed by the chorus lyrics of a song by Dan Einbender, “it really isn’t garbage ‘til you mix it all together. It really isn’t garbage ‘til you throw it away. Separate your paper, plastic, compost, glass and metal. Then you get to use it all another day.” It’s worth paying attention to these lyrics once again in the face of yet another type of product that is starting to show up in stores...