Relationships between Keywords and Strong Beats in Lyrical Music

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04202v1
• Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:40:27 GMT
• Title: Relationships between Keywords and Strong Beats in Lyrical Music
• Authors: Callie C. Liao, Duoduo Liao, Ellie L. Zhang,
• Abstract summary: This study investigates the relationships between keywords and rhythmically stressed features such as strong beats in songs. On average, 80.8% of keywords land on strong beats, whereas 62% of non-keywords fall on weak beats. We conclude that keywords that consistently align with strong beats are more reliable indicators of lyrics-rhythm associations.
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• Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) song generation has emerged as a popular topic, yet the focus on exploring the latent correlations between specific lyrical and rhythmic features remains limited. In contrast, this pilot study particularly investigates the relationships between keywords and rhythmically stressed features such as strong beats in songs. It focuses on several key elements: keywords or non-keywords, stressed or unstressed syllables, and strong or weak beats, with the aim of uncovering insightful correlations. Experimental results indicate that, on average, 80.8\% of keywords land on strong beats, whereas 62\% of non-keywords fall on weak beats. The relationship between stressed syllables and strong or weak beats is weak, revealing that keywords have the strongest relationships with strong beats. Additionally, the lyrics-rhythm matching score, a key matching metric measuring keywords on strong beats and non-keywords on weak beats across various time signatures, is 0.765, while the matching score for syllable types is 0.495. This study demonstrates that word types strongly align with their corresponding beat types, as evidenced by the distinct patterns, whereas syllable types exhibit a much weaker alignment. This disparity underscores the greater reliability of word types in capturing rhythmic structures in music, highlighting their crucial role in effective rhythmic matching and analysis. We also conclude that keywords that consistently align with strong beats are more reliable indicators of lyrics-rhythm associations, providing valuable insights for AI-driven song generation through enhanced structural analysis. Furthermore, our development of tailored Lyrics-Rhythm Matching (LRM) metrics maximizes lyrical alignments with corresponding beat stresses, and our novel LRM file format captures critical lyrical and rhythmic information without needing original sheet music.

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