Optical Music Recognition for Scores Written in White Mensural Notation. (28th December 2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tardón Tardón, Lorenzo J. Lorenzo J.; Sammartino Sammartino, Simone Simone; Barbancho Barbancho, Isabel Isabel; Gómez Gómez, Verónica Verónica; Oliver Oliver, Antonio Antonio
• Other Names: Tonazzini Tonazzini Anna Anna Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: EURASIP journal on image and video processing. Volume 2009(2009)
• Publication Date: 2009-12-28
• Subjects: Image processing -- Digital techniques -- Periodicals; Digital video -- Periodicals; Traitement d'images; Vidéo numérique; Digital video; Image processing -- Digital techniques; Periodicals; Electronic journal; Electronic journals; 621.367
• DOI: 10.1155/2009/843401
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-5176

Abstract

Abstract : An Optical Music Recognition (OMR) system especially adapted for handwritten musical scores of the XVII-th and the early XVIII-th centuries written in white mensural notation is presented. The system performs a complete sequence of analysis stages: the input is the RGB image of the score to be analyzed and, after a preprocessing that returns a black and white image with corrected rotation, the staves are processed to return a score without staff lines; then, a music symbol processing stage isolates the music symbols contained in the score and, finally, the classification process starts to obtain the transcription in a suitable electronic format so that it can be stored or played. This work will help to preserve our cultural heritage keeping the musical information of the scores in a digital format that also gives the possibility to perform and distribute the original music contained in those scores.