Exploring Data Analysis in Music Using Tool Praat

Abstract

Music or audio data digitally sampled contains information about musical clip such as pitch, amplitude etc at multiple points along timeline. This huge data needs to be understood in the form of musical notations for the musicians. Praat is a tool used for acoustic analyses by audio researchers. We have processed the data produced by Praat using our own program to find useful information. We have focused on finding notation, duration of note and amplitude in a flute clip of Hindustani classical music. The clip was an alap clip in which there is no rhythm accompaniment to flute. Our attempt has given us encouraging preliminary results.