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Identifying consistent and unique aspects of performances is an important aspect of modeling performance style. This paper presents a detailed analysis of inter-singer differences and intra-singer similarities using support vector machines to predict singer identity of a performance from pitch, timing, and dynamics performance parameters. The analysis was performed on a dataset of 72 recordings of the first verse of Schubert’s “Ave Maria”, the dataset consists of 3 a cappella and 3 accompanied performances by 6 professional and 6 non-professional singers.
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Devaney, J. (2015). Evaluating Singer Consistency and Uniqueness in Vocal Performances. In: Collins, T., Meredith, D., Volk, A. (eds) Mathematics and Computation in Music. MCM 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9110. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20603-5_17
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