Features for Style Identification of Hindustani Musicians
Dr. Kaushik Banerjee, Dr. Anirban Patranabis, Dr. Ranjan Sengupta, Dr. Dipak Ghosh Sir C V Raman Centre for Physics and Music, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032 Abstract Identification of style of a musician is hard to recognize by an amateur listener, but to expert music listeners or to the musical ears just one or two strokes are enough to recognize. So, what are the physical causes behind this mystery? Our aim is to find out those causes and analyze in such a way that could satisfy the musical standpoints. Important elements from the physical perspective are steady states of notes and silence. Steady states of note recognize prominent presence of a note. Number of occurrence of a note in a signal articulates the importance of that note. Use of silence is also a style statement of a good musician and it varies from one musician to another. There are some unique musical ornaments like Meend which Read More …