Left and right-hand guitar playing techniques detection

Loïc Reboursière, Otso Lähdeoja, Thomas Drugman, Stéphane Dupont, Cécile Picard-Limpens, and Nicolas Riche

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2012
• Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Keywords: Guitar audio analysis, playing techniques, hexaphonic pickup, controller, augmented guitar
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1180575 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

In this paper we present a series of algorithms developed to detect the following guitar playing techniques : bend, hammer-on, pull-off, slide, palm muting and harmonic. Detection of playing techniques can be used to control exter-nal content (i.e audio loops and effects, videos, light events, etc.), as well as to write real-time score or to assist guitar novices in their learning process. The guitar used is a Godin Multiac with an under-saddle RMC hexaphonic piezo pickup (one pickup per string, i.e six mono signals).

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Reboursiere2012,
 abstract = {In this paper we present a series of algorithms developed to detect the following guitar playing techniques : bend, hammer-on, pull-off, slide, palm muting and harmonic. Detection of playing techniques can be used to control exter-nal content (i.e audio loops and effects, videos, light events, etc.), as well as to write real-time score or to assist guitar novices in their learning process. The guitar used is a Godin Multiac with an under-saddle RMC hexaphonic piezo pickup (one pickup per string, i.e six mono signals).},
 address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan},
 author = {Lo{\"i}c Reboursi{\`e}re and Otso L{\"a}hdeoja and Thomas Drugman and St{\'e}phane Dupont and C{\'e}cile Picard-Limpens and Nicolas Riche},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1180575},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Guitar audio analysis, playing techniques, hexaphonic pickup, controller, augmented guitar},
 publisher = {University of Michigan},
 title = {Left and right-hand guitar playing techniques detection},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2012/nime2012_213.pdf},
 year = {2012}
}