UA creates a system for copying and digitizing scores using artificial intelligence

This two-year project, as principal investigator Jorge Calvo Zaragozateacher Department of Computer Languages ​​and Systems Researchers from UA and the same academic institution, Generalitat Valenciana Higher Institute of Art Education and National Library of Spain.

Specifically, the aim of the project is to reevaluate the content of historical music collections Digitally copy and automate polyphonic Hispanic music collections in Spanish digital libraries using artificial intelligence, Saving Hispanic musical heritage and making it available to the publicfrom any electronic device

As Calvo Zaragoza explains, “The development of PolifonIA, Digital transformation of digital library processes and services Spanish by music collections». funds for this purpose To be copied using OMR (Optical Music Recognition, a technology that automatically transcribes musical notation) so any digital musicology operations can be performed using extensive content searches or repetitive or cited works, automatic transposition or even reproduction. different methods of synthesis that will enable people to enjoy, for the first time, the musical heritage they had hitherto had no real access to. “This, Spanish libraries are at the forefront of using technologies facilitators in a real setting” points out the researcher.

main one dissemination of project values this can be done after the scores have been digitized and indexed in digital files in Spanish libraries. But the advantages of the initiative do not end with the development of the content under discussion for citizens. sectors such as academic, education or music professionals they will be able to reach music for different purposes. “With the digital notation transcription of the works—continued by Calvo Zaragoza—on the one hand, people of any musical level are allowed to access this content. Since the piece is converted into a digital score, it can be synthesized to be heard by everyone, even for the blind Who would otherwise not be able to enjoy the musical legacy.

Transcription allows work to be shown as well in the old original notation, as in the modern notation, so musicians of all levels can use and review them. For more professional use, publishers should not undertake the initial routine transcription effort and should focus on an important task such as critical editing.”

In the academic sector, PolifonIA allows you to review artifacts directly and avoid the task of manual transcription. In the educational context, they will be successful both in primary, professional and higher conservatories as well as in different musicology departments of Spanish universities. Access to thousands of original works. In fact, “for professionals specializing in early music it is difficult to find new works to perform because there are very few collections whose content is digitized and accessible on search platforms. As a result of our project, the researcher states that all indexing techniques developed by the scientific community and approximate search by content have become applicable.

OMR technologist

Jorge Calvo Zaragoza One of the world’s leading experts in OMR technology. This modern tool uses the latest techniques based on artificial intelligence, as the researcher has already demonstrated in previous and current projects such as: MultiScore and HISPAMUSIt is funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, where the University of Alicante has developed this technology at a scientific level.

In addition to Calvo Zaragoza, the research project was completed by his team. Teresa Delgado Head of the notation service of the National Library of Spain; David RizoProfessor of Plastic Arts and Design at the Generalitat Valenciana Higher Institute of Art Education and Jose M. InestaAlicante University Computer Languages ​​and Systems Department Lecturer Prof.