In a neuro-robotics lab at the University of Southern California, a small mechanical hand heard a melody for the first time and played it back in a single attempt, without any sheet music, pre-loaded ...

Works by Kaija Saariaho, Imogen Holst and Chaines were woven into Manchester Collective’s concert that blended music with dance, theatre and multimedia, with cellist Laura van der Heijden at its heart ...

Abstract: Current music transcription models based on deep learning all suffer from severe performance degradation when evaluated on out-of-distribution data. In this work, we propose a novel method ...

Have you ever heard of Scarlyy2 and their hit track "Banc de touche"? Or the tearful country ballad "Mercy on My Grave," by Aventhis? These tracks have two things in common: They were entirely ...

Abstract: Music genre recognition (MGR) is an area of research in the broad scope of music information retrieval (MIR) and audio signal processing. Music genres are categorical labels created by ...

Music education is an area where AI can genuinely make a difference. From composition and theory to practice and lesson planning, it’s now easier than ever to bring rich, interactive, and personalized ...

Editor’s Note: There's a lot to look forward to in spring, including the welcomed hullabaloo of birdsong. The sheer volume of songs and calls can often feel overwhelming for birders, but these sounds ...

New diffusion AI models that make songs from scratch are complicating our definitions of authorship and human creativity. The end of this story includes samples of AI-generated music. Artificial ...

With artificial intelligence programs that can now generate entire songs on demand, you’d be forgiven for thinking AI might eventually lead to the decline of human-made music. But AI can still be used ...