Dataset for a study exploring melodic similarity and contrast using a Digital Tabletop

Data for paper:Sketching Music: exploring melodic similarity and contrast using a Digital TabletopWe conducted a study in which participants explored and developed their understanding of similarity and contrast in relation to melody. We present the data collected with three of the participants. Each participant went through an initial discussion about similarity and contrast, to become aware of their own understanding of the terms. This is reflected in the Interview section. Then we asked them to classify three related melodies by whether they were pairwise similar or contrasting with each other. We used a simple inside-similar vs outside-contrasting representation on an interactive digital tabletop, and the outcomes are reflected in the Listening and classification section. The participants then engaged in an increasingly open-ended melody composition exercise in which we asked them to use alternatively similarity and contrast to complete some short melodies using alternatively similarity and contrast, and to describe their process and feelings about the resulting melodies. This is reflected in the Challenge-response and Fill-the-gaps sections. Lastly, we asked our participants to freely invent a short story and compose a whole melody to represent it. We observed their process, and we asked to reflect on it and describe it as well as the melody and the story in relation with each other.

本篇论文数据集描述：绘制音乐：利用数字桌面探索旋律的相似性与对比。本研究中，我们进行了一项调查，旨在让参与者深入探索并发展他们对旋律相似性与对比性的理解。我们展示了三位参与者的数据收集结果。每位参与者首先就相似性与对比性进行了初步讨论，以明确自身对这些术语的理解。这一过程在访谈部分有所体现。随后，我们要求他们将三首相关旋律分类，判断它们之间是成对相似还是相互对比。我们采用了一种简单的内在相似与外在对比的表示方式，在交互式数字桌面上进行，相关结果反映在聆听与分类部分。参与者随后参与了一个逐渐开放的旋律创作练习，我们要求他们交替使用相似性与对比性来完成一些简短的旋律，并描述他们的创作过程及对所创作旋律的感受。这一过程在挑战-回应与填补空缺部分有所体现。最后，我们要求参与者自由发挥，创作一个简短的故事，并为其创作一首完整的旋律来代表。我们观察了他们的创作过程，并要求他们对此进行反思，同时描述旋律、故事及其相互之间的关系。