Song search and retrieval by tapping
Geoffrey David Peters, Caroline Anthony, Michael W. Schwartz · 2005
We present an interactive, web based system for musical song search and retrieval, using rhythmic tapping as the primary means of query input. Our approach involves encoding the input rhythm as a contour string, and using approximate string matching to determine the most likely match with songs in the database. Introduction and Previous Work It would be desirable and useful to have a content-based search mechanism for music that does not rely on knowledge of metadata such as name, composer, or related