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Sound waves propagate through various media, and allow communication or
entertainment for us, humans. Music we hear or create can be perceived in such
aspects as rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre, or mood. All these elements of
music can be of interest for users of music information retrieval systems. Since
vast music repositories are available for everyone in everyday use (both in private
collections, and in the Internet), it is desirable and becomes necessary to browse
music collections by contents. Therefore, music information retrieval can be
potentially of interest for every user of computers and the Internet. There is a lot
of research performed in music information retrieval domain, and the outcomes, as
well as trends in this research, are certainly worth popularizing. This idea
motivated us to prepare the book on Advances in Music Information Retrieval. |
