Correspondence between Speech Melody and Pitch Contour in Sichuan Folk Song

• Jul. 2019 – Sept. 2019. Rochester, NY, US.
• Research Assistant supervised by prof. DUAN Zhiyao, Deparment of Electronic Computer Engineer, University of Rochester.

Main Information

• Made a literature review of linguistics papers on relations between speech melody and notes in tone language song.
• Set up a database on Sichuan folk song with music scores in MusicXML form, lyrics audio in Sichuan dialect in wav form and note-audio alignment character by character.
• Analyzed the correspondence among the tone of each character, the change of fundamental frequency of each character audio and the change of music notes linked to it.
• Evaluated different correspondence rates in different type of folk songs