Extracting the perceptual tempo from music

The study presented here outlines a procedure for measuring and quantitatively representing the perceptual tempo of a musical excerpt. We also present a method for applying such measures of perceptual tempo to the design of automatic tempo-trackers in order to more accurately represent the perceived beat in music.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: ISMIR
• Authors: Martin McKinney, Dirk Moelants
• Keywords: Automatic Tempo-trackers, ISMIR 2004, Musical Excerpt, Perceptual Tempo