#ESEM conference was – quite as usual – amazing. They have a long tradition and belong to my favourite ones since they have no parallel sessions, long coffee breaks and even longer lunch breaks.

I presented an introduction to my #RomaniChords project that I only started (=>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtRa3Ezdq8I)

By the way, plenty of participants arrived by train at this conference too, especially those from Austria, which is well-connected with Croatia.

#GreenAcadeMiles #GreenMSCA #RomChords

🧵9/30

However, neither this method had a satisfactory data output that would suit the #RomChords project’s purposes. Even the state-of-the-art polyphonic detection algorithms (such as the one developed by Celemony Melodyne) produce a lot of noise, and cleaning the data to a standard usable for the project would be enormously laborious.

(Although it is possible that in a few years, progress in #DeepLearning will make this method much more effective and efficient).

#RomaniChords

🧵7/20

Nevertheless, we found the use of ACR for the #RomChords project to be limited.

ACR is a classification task that analyses audio signals to compare and categorise harmonic content into *predefined* chord labels.

While this method estimates very well the common progressions in functional harmony, it doesn’t quite know how to handle less common chords and voicings (such as the “dimenzovaný” chord” mentioned above) as they are not usually found in the *predefined* labels.

#RomaniChords

🧵5/20

... and of course, meetings of #GypsyLoreSociety are also brilliant opportunities for joint singing and dancing!

The musicians accompanying the event's opening party were brilliant! Plus, it was fascinating to see some similarities with my observations from Slovakia (perhaps #RomaniChords are not just a #Slovak phenomenon after all).

... you can refer to the video at the beginning of the thread [time: 08:41] to hear what happened!

[Photos by Plamena Stoyanova]

#RomChords #Ethnomusicology