On the Complex Network Structure of Musical Pieces: Analysis of Some Use Cases from Different Music Genres
This work addresses the analysis of music structure for applications in multimedia, but it is incremental as it applies an existing network modeling approach to new musical data.
The paper tackled the problem of modeling musical melodies as networks by analyzing tracks from different genres, finding that these networks are generally scale-free and exhibit small-world properties, with outcomes confirming that track features can be extracted using this methodology.
This paper focuses on the modeling of musical melodies as networks. Notes of a melody can be treated as nodes of a network. Connections are created whenever notes are played in sequence. We analyze some main tracks coming from different music genres, with melodies played using different musical instruments. We find out that the considered networks are, in general, scale free networks and exhibit the small world property. We measure the main metrics and assess whether these networks can be considered as formed by sub-communities. Outcomes confirm that peculiar features of the tracks can be extracted from this analysis methodology. This approach can have an impact in several multimedia applications such as music didactics, multimedia entertainment, and digital music generation.