@Inproceedings{conditschultz2018,
  Author = {Nathaniel Condit-Schultz, Yaolong Ju and Ichiro Fujinaga},
  Booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval},
  Month = {September},
  Pages = {66–73},
  Title = {A Flexible Approach to Automated Harmonic Analysis: Multiple Annotations of Chorales by Bach and Prætorius},
  Year = {2018},
  Abstract = {Despite being a core component of Western music theory, harmonic analysis remains a subjective endeavor, resistant automation. This subjectivity arises from disagreements regarding, among other things, the interpretation of contrapuntal figures, the set of "legal" harmonies, and how harmony relates to more abstract features like tonal function. In this paper, we provide a formal specification of harmonic analysis. We then present a novel approach to computational harmonic analysis: rather than computing harmonic analyses based on one specific set of rules, we compute all possible analyses which satisfy only basic, uncontroversial constraints. These myriad interpretations can later be filtered to extract preferred analyses; for instance, to forbid 7th chords or to prefer analyses with fewer non-chord tones. We apply this approach to two concrete musical datasets: existing encodings of 371 chorales by J.S. Bach and new encodings of 200 chorales by M. Prætorius. Through an online API users can filter and download numerous harmonic interpretations of these 571 chorales. This dataset will serve as a useful resource in the study of harmonic/functional progression, voice-leading, and the relationship between melody and harmony, and as a stepping stone towards automated harmonic analysis of more complex music.},
  Doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1492345},
  Localfile = {PDFs/condit-schultz2018.pdf}
}