arXiv AI

Tonal parsimony in chord-sequence analysis: combining modulation cost and tonal vocabulary

arXiv:2606. 03459v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study the assignment of local tonalities to chord sequences, a task useful for harmonic analysis, composition, and jazz-oriented improvisation.

arXiv AI
Jun 12

CMI-RewardBench: Evaluating Music Reward Models with Compositional Multimodal Instruction

arXiv:2603. 00610v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: While music generation models have evolved to handle complex multimodal inputs mixing text, lyrics, and reference audio, evaluation mechanisms have lagged behind.

By Yinghao Ma, Haiwen Xia, Hewei Gao, Weixiong Chen, Yuxin Ye, Yuchen Yang, Sungkyun Chang, Mingshuo Ding, Yizhi Li, Ruibin Yuan, Simon Dixon, Emmanouil Benetos
arXiv AI
Jun 30

LeVo 2: Stable and Melodious Song Generation via Hierarchical Representation Modeling and Progressive Post-Training

arXiv:2606. 30642v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Full-length song generation must preserve coherence and musicality, render detailed vocal and accompaniment acoustics, and follow lyrics and prompts.

By Shun Lei, Huaicheng Zhang, Dapeng Wu, Yaoxun Xu, Lishi Zuo, Wei Tan, Hangting Chen, Guangzheng Li, Jianwei Yu, Zhiyong Wu, Dong Yu