Multicultural representation learning for music signal analysis

Abstract

Music Information Retrieval (MIR) research has traditionally focused on Western musical traditions, creating a significant gap in computational approaches to diverse world music cultures. This dissertation addresses this gap by developing and evaluating methods for multicultural music representation learning, aiming to create more culture-aware computational approaches that can effectively capture and analyze the distinctive characteristics of various musical traditions. The research develops the Lyra dataset, a comprehensive collection of Greek traditional and folk music comprising 1570 pieces with rich metadata, and explores cross-cultural knowledge transfer through systematic evaluation of deep audio embedding models across Western, Mediterranean, and Indian musical traditions. To address limited annotated data challenges, the dissertation introduces Label-Combination Prototypical Networks (LC-Protonets), a novel multi-label few-shot learning approach that creates prototypes for lab ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/59776
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http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/59776
ND
59776
Alternative title
Εκμάθηση πολυπολιτισμικών αναπαραστάσεων για ανάλυση μουσικών σημάτων
Author
Papaioannou, Charilaos (Father's name: Stefanos)
Date
2025
Degree Grantor
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Committee members
Ποταμιάνος Αλέξανδρος
Μαραγκός Πέτρος
Πικράκης Άγγελος
Μπενέτος Εμμανουήλ
Ροντογιάννης Αθανάσιος
Τζαφέστας Κωνσταντίνος
Ποταμιάνος Γεράσιμος
Discipline
Natural SciencesComputer and Information Sciences ➨ Artificial Intelligence
Natural SciencesComputer and Information Sciences ➨ Computer Science
Keywords
Music information retrieval; Audio processing; Computational musicology; Cross-cultural music similarity; Culturally aware systems
Country
Greece
Language
English
Description
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