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Dr. Salgian to Present at 2015 International Computer Music Conference

Dr. Andrea Salgian will be presenting a research paper at the International Computer Music Conference, held between September 25 and October 1, 2015 at the University of North Texas, in Denton TX. The paper, titled “Automatic Transcription of Japanese Taiko Drumming using the Microsoft Kinect”, was written with Willian Hua, who graduated from the Computer Science department in May 2015.

Taiko is a form of Japanese drumming that contains choreography and sudden bursts of energy in the form of shouts called “kiai.” The notation for Taiko, called the “kuchishoga”, expresses notes and rests using Japanese syllables. The paper describes a system that transcribes Taiko arrangements into eight of the most basic kuchishoga notes using the Microsoft Kinect. The system was tested on 320 notes in six different arrangements, and achieved a 96.56% accuracy.

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