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Evaluating Multimodal Large Language Models on Core Music Perception Tasks
Brandon James Carone, Iran R. Roman, Pablo Ripollés
Multimodal Large Language Models (LLMs) claim "musical understanding" via evaluations that conflate listening with score reading. We benchmark three SOTA LLMs (Gemini 2.5 Pro, Gemi…
Analyzing Pitch Content in Traditional Ghanaian Seperewa Songs
Kelvin L Walls, Iran R Roman, Kelsey Van Ert +2
This study examines the pitch content in traditional Ghanaian seperewa (Akan harp-lute) songs, utilizing a unique dataset from field recordings of the mid-twentieth century. We sel…
Total variation in popular rap vocals from 2009-2023: extension of the analysis by Georgieva, Ripolles & McFee
Kelvin L Walls, Iran R Roman, Bea Steers +1
Pitch variability in rap vocals is overlooked in favor of the genre's uniquely dynamic rhythmic properties. We present an analysis of fundamental frequency (F0) variation in rap vo…
CREPE Notes: A new method for segmenting pitch contours into discrete notes
Xavier Riley, Simon Dixon
Tracking the fundamental frequency (f0) of a monophonic instrumental performance is effectively a solved problem with several solutions achieving 99% accuracy. However, the related…
F0 analysis of Ghanaian pop singing reveals progressive alignment with equal temperament over the past three decades: a case study
Iran R. Roman, Daniel Faronbi, Isabelle Burger-Weiser +1
Contemporary Ghanaian popular singing combines European and traditional Ghanaian influences. We hypothesize that access to technology embedded with equal temperament catalyzed a pr…