Music informatics is a study of music processing, in particular music representations, fourier analysis of music, music synchronization, music structure analysis and chord recognition. Other music informatics research topics include computational music modeling (symbolic, distributed, etc.), computational music analysis, optical music recognition, digital audio editors, online music search engines,

music information retrieval Music information retrieval (MIR) is the interdisciplinary science of retrieving information from music. Those involved in MIR may have a background in academic musicology, psychoacoustics, psychology, signal processing, informatics, machine lear ...

and cognitive issues in music. Because music informatics is an emerging discipline, it is a very dynamic area of research with many diverse viewpoints, whose future is yet to be determined.

Sub-topics in Music Informatics research

* interdisciplinary relationships in music informatics * the digital revolution in music its impact on music information services and music libraries * knowledge of current trends in music technologies including software and hardware * mental models in the cognition of music listening and performing * symbolic music modeling systems and computer-aided composition * social and economic realities of the consumption of music in Western societies *

improvisation Improvisation, often shortened to improv, is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. The origin of the word itself is in the Latin "improvisus", which literally means un-foreseen. Improvis ...

in music, especially where it is facilitated by music technology * music digital libraries and collections architectures * future of music distribution, the music industry, and music libraries *

* music

recommendation systems A recommender system (RecSys), or a recommendation system (sometimes replacing ''system'' with terms such as ''platform'', ''engine'', or ''algorithm'') and sometimes only called "the algorithm" or "algorithm", is a subclass of information fi ...

* studying and synthesizing music expression * audio signal-to-score (singing, polyphonic, piano, etc.) *

musical analysis Musical analysis is the study of musical structure in either compositions or performances. According to music theorist Ian Bent, music analysis "is the means of answering directly the question 'How does it work?'". The method employed to ans ...

* musical accompaniment systems * score following * optical music recognition (OMR) * music Source Separation * music for Computer Games * MIDI to Symbolic Score

Music informatics in education

Music informatics, as a degree subject, offers a similar learning experience to

music technology Music technology is the study or the use of any device, mechanism, machine or tool by a musician or composer to make or perform music; to musical composition, compose, music notation, notate, playback or record songs or pieces; or to Music infor ...

, but goes further into learning the principles behind the technology. Informatics students will not just use existing music hardware and software, but will learn programming and

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

References

{{Informatics Music industry Sound production technology Information science

Sub-topics in Music Informatics research

Music informatics in education

See also

References