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Raga as Data - Symbolic Music Representations for Analysis, Visualization, and Audio Tools - Soham Korade - ADCx India 2026
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Indian classical music presents a fascinating challenge and opportunity for music technology. It is centered on the raga, a structured yet expressive melodic framework that is understood through symbolic notation as much as through sound.

In this talk, I explore how such symbolic music representations for ragas can complement audio-based approaches. I also share my personal developer journey (from hobbyist experiments to research contributions) in trying to """"teach"""" computers to understand, visualize, and even perform ragas.

I trace this journey from my early experiments with pitch detection and MIDI-based notation playback, to building interactive audio tools for live raga identification, notation-driven composition, and instruments constrained by raga grammar. I also present my recent research on constructing large-scale raga notation datasets and visualizing “raga space” using NLP-inspired techniques, along with live demos.
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Programmer and musician interested in using computation to better understand and teach Indian classical music.
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