3 papers
cs.SD2026
The Moving Drone: Negotiating Agency Between the Voice and the Virtual
Nithya Shikarpur, Victor Arul, Anna Huang
Melodic material in Hindustani music is presented in relation to a tonic, usually sustained by the tanpura, a four-stringed drone instrument. Rooted in Hindustani music, 'The Movin…
cs.HC2024
Exploratory Study Of Human-AI Interaction For Hindustani Music
Nithya Shikarpur, Cheng-Zhi Anna Huang
This paper presents a study of participants interacting with and using GaMaDHaNi, a novel hierarchical generative model for Hindustani vocal contours. To explore possible use cases…
cs.SD2024
Hierarchical Generative Modeling of Melodic Vocal Contours in Hindustani Classical Music
Nithya Shikarpur, Krishna Maneesha Dendukuri, Yusong Wu +2
Hindustani music is a performance-driven oral tradition that exhibits the rendition of rich melodic patterns. In this paper, we focus on generative modeling of singers' vocal melod…