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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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226949

Evaluating Singer consistency and uniqueness in vocal performances

Johanna Devaney

pp. 173-178

Abstract

Identifying consistent and unique aspects of performances is an important aspect of modeling performance style. This paper presents a detailed analysis of inter-singer differences and intra-singer similarities using support vector machines to predict singer identity of a performance from pitch, timing, and dynamics performance parameters. The analysis was performed on a dataset of 72 recordings of the first verse of Schubert's "Ave Maria", the dataset consists of 3 a cappella and 3 accompanied performances by 6 professional and 6 non-professional singers.

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Collins Tom, Meredith David, Volk Anja (2015) Mathematics and computation in music: 5th international conference, MCM 2015, London, UK, June 22-25, 2015. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 173-178

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20603-5_17

Full citation:

Devaney Johanna (2015) „Evaluating Singer consistency and uniqueness in vocal performances“, In: T. Collins, D. Meredith & A. Volk (eds.), Mathematics and computation in music, Dordrecht, Springer, 173–178.