Improving Motif Discovery of Symbolic Polyphonic Music with Motif Note Identification
By: Jun-You Wang, Yu-Chia Kuo and Li Su
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.250 | Journal eISSN: 2514-3298
Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 7, 2025
Accepted on: Aug 1, 2025
Published on: Sep 18, 2025
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