Sonic Visualiser: Visualisation, Analysis, and Annotation of Music Audio Recordings

Review| December 01 2021 Sonic Visualiser: Visualisation, Analysis, and Annotation of Music Audio Recordings Sonic Visualiser: Visualisation, Analysis, and Annotation of Music Audio Recordings. Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary (University of London) and the AHRC Researcher Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (CHARM). URL: https://www.sonicvisualiser.org/ Marc R. Thompson Marc R. Thompson MARC R. THOMPSON is Senior Researcher in Musicology at the Department of Music, Arts and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä (Finland), and a Docent of Interdisciplinary Music Research at the Sibelius Academy. His research focuses on the computational analysis of music and movement, and his published work explores the body’s role within various musical activities such as piano performance and African dance. His current interests include dyadic entrainment in music performance, and music technology pedagogy. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the American Musicological Society (2021) 74 (3): 701–714. https://doi.org/10.1525/jams.2021.74.3.701 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Marc R. Thompson; Sonic Visualiser: Visualisation, Analysis, and Annotation of Music Audio Recordings. Journal of the American Musicological Society 1 December 2021; 74 (3): 701–714. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jams.2021.74.3.701 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentJournal of the American Musicological Society Search Music recordings have become increasingly important tools for music analysis and many forms of musicological research.1 Compared to music analysis using notation, a recording allows the researcher to investigate music from the performer’s perspective. Much can be learned by exploring the expressive choices a musician makes to elevate the written score. Additionally, recordings are advantageous when analyzing musical styles that might not lend themselves comfortably to standard notational systems (such as some forms of electronic, pop/rock, or folk music). The analysis of music via recording need not be a highly sophisticated process. Insightful investigation can be carried out using a pencil, paper, and stopwatch to track temporal characteristics such as tempo changes and loudness dynamics. However, the process is greatly enriched by using software that displays audio waveform and spectrum visualizations. Waveforms allow one to observe temporal characteristics at a glance, while spectrum displays the music’s frequency components. Significantly,... You do not currently have access to this content.