Real World Computing Music Database (RWC)
title
Real World Computing Music Database (RWC)
homepage
https://staff.aist.go.jp/m.goto/RWC-MDB/
description
The RWC (Real World Computing) Music Database is a copyright-cleared music database (DB) that is available to researchers as a common foundation for research. It was built by the RWC Music Database Sub-Working Group of the Real World Computing Partnership (RWCP) of Japan. It contains six original collections: the Popular Music Database (100 songs), Royalty-Free Music Database (15 songs), Classical Music Database (50 pieces), Jazz Music Database (50 pieces), Music Genre Database (100 pieces), and Musical Instrument Sound Database (50 instruments). For all 315 musical pieces performed and recorded for the database, the original audio signals are attached, corresponding to standard MIDI files, and text files of lyrics (for songs). For the 50 instruments, individual sounds were captured at half-tone intervals with several variations of playing styles, dynamics, instrument manufacturers, and musicians.