Analyzing the Perception of Online Sheet Music Search: A Case Study

Abstract

Among the number of formats of representing music, music sheets carrying a significant importance even though sheet music is not used by everyone. For musicians, composers and for those who are practicing sheet music, that is more convenient and the best materials as well. As defined by western musicians, it has grown and now widely available even in the internet. As it become wider, the need of navigation and searching has become required because of the difficulties in browsing large amount of data. Online searching approaches different ways of querying such as text, audio etc. This paper is an investigation of the perception towards searching sheet music online in general. This includes a brief analysis of user needs and expectations towards the perception of online sheet music search contains an online survey, expert interviews and a discussion outlining the existing approaches and future work needed. Keywords—music, information retrieval, music information retrieval, sheet music, online search.