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RWC Music Database: Musical Instrument Sound


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last update: 2003/06/30
Introduction of "RWC Music Database: Musical Instrument Sound"

Overview:

The Musical Instrument Sound Database covers 50 musical instruments and provides, in principle, three variations for each instrument for a total of about 150 musical-instrument performances. In this database, we took the following approach with the aim of recording a wide variety of musical-instrument performances.

When recording the above as files on DVD-ROM, one file, in principle, was taken to be a collection of individual sounds in the order of ascending pitch across the total range of the instrument; a mute interval (gap) was inserted between adjacent individual sounds (for the sake of automatic sound segmentation by mute detection). The name of a file has eight characters with the extension ``.WAV''. These eight characters consist of two digits for the musical-instrument number, one digit for the variation number, two characters for the unique symbol identifying the instrument, two characters for the unique symbol identifying the playing style, and one character for the symbol indicating dynamics.

The total number of files for storing the recording of these 50 instruments came to 3544 having a total file size of about 29.1 Gbytes and a total playback time (including mute intervals) of about 91.6 hours. In addition, about five color photographs in the JPEG format (1600 × 1200 pixels) were also taken for each individual musical instrument. These photographs were assembled into a total of 948 files (about 703.1 Mbytes).

More detailed information about this database is described in our paper in the references.

List of musical instruments:

RWC-MDB-I-2001 No. 01 – 50
Inst. No. Variation No. Instrument symbol Instrument name # of playing styles # of files
No. 011PFPianoforte412
2PFPianoforte412
3PFPianoforte412
No. 021EPElectric Piano (Hard Tone)412
2EPElectric Piano (Soft Tone)412
3CVClavinet26
No. 031HCHarpsichord (Cembalo)44
2HCHarpsichord (Cembalo)44
3HCHarpsichord (Cembalo)22
No. 041VIVibraphone618
2VIVibraphone618
3GLGlockenspiel26
No. 051MBMarimba39
2MBMarimba39
3XYXylophone26
No. 061ORPipe Organ88
2HOHammond Organ (Without Leslie)66
3HOHammond Organ (With Leslie)66
No. 071ACAccordion (Keyboard)515
2ACAccordion (Keyboard)515
3ACAccordion (Button)515
No. 081HMHarmonica (Blues Harp)37
2HMHarmonica (Chromatic)38
3HMHarmonica (BassHarmonica)37
No. 091CGClassic Guitar (Nylon String)412
2CGClassic Guitar (Nylon String)412
3CGClassic Guitar (Nylon String)412
No. 101UKUkulele39
2UKUkulele39
3UKUkulele39
No. 111AGAcoustic Guitar (Steel String)412
2AGAcoustic Guitar (Steel String)412
3AGAcoustic Guitar (Steel String)412
No. 121MDMandolin39
2MDMandolin39
3MDMandolin39
No. 131EGElectric Guitar614
2EGElectric Guitar614
3EGElectric Guitar614
4EGElectric Guitar11
No. 141EBElectric Bass721
2EBElectric Bass721
3EBElectric Bass (Fretless)721
No. 151VNViolin1119
2VNViolin1119
3VNViolin1119
No. 161VLViola1119
2VLViola1119
3VLViola1119
No. 171VCCello1119
2VCCello1119
3VCCello1119
No. 181CBContrabass (Wood Bass)1220
2CBContrabass (Wood Bass)1422
3CBContrabass (Wood Bass)923
No. 191HPHarp822
2HPHarp822
3HPHarp822
No. 201T1/T2/T3/T4Timpani (23/26/29/32 Inches)8484
2T1/T2/T3/T4Timpani (23/26/29/32 Inches)8484
3T1/T2/T3/T4Timpani (23/26/29/32 Inches)8484
No. 211TRTrumpet927
2TRTrumpet1236
3CRCornet927
No. 221TBTrombone1133
2TBTrombone1133
3TBTrombone1339
No. 231TUTuba26
2TUTuba26
3TUTuba26
No. 241HRHorn618
2HRHorn618
3HRHorn618
No. 251SSSoprano Sax513
2SSSoprano Sax513
3SSSoprano Sax511
No. 261ASAlto Sax513
2ASAlto Sax511
3ASAlto Sax514
No. 271TSTenor Sax513
2TSTenor Sax511
3TSTenor Sax513
No. 281BABaritone Sax512
2BABaritone Sax513
3BABaritone Sax511
No. 291OBOboe412
2OBOboe412
3EHEnglish Horn412
No. 301FGBassoon (Fagotto)412
2FGBassoon (Fagotto)412
3FGBassoon (Fagotto)412
No. 311CLClarinet412
2CLClarinet412
3CLClarinet412
No. 321PCPiccolo513
2PCPiccolo513
3PCPiccolo412
No. 331FLFlute513
2FLFlute412
3PNPan Flute514
No. 341RCRecorder (Soprano)412
2RCRecorder (Alto)412
3RCRecorder (Tenor)412
No. 351SHShakuhachi (Length: 1-Shaku 6-Sun)813
2SHShakuhachi (Length: 1-Shaku 8-Sun)813
3SHShakuhachi (Length: 2-Shaku 4-Sun)813
No. 361BJBanjo26
2BJBanjo26
3BJBanjo26
No. 371SAShamisen (Min'You)513
2SAShamisen (Nagauta)513
3SAShamisen (Jiuta)513
No. 381KTKoto (Sou)821
2KTKoto (20 Strings)821
3KTKoto (17 Strings)821
No. 391SOSho44
2SOSho44
3SOSho44
No. 401ND etc.Japanese Percussion3737
No. 411BD etc.Concert Drums 12828
2BD etc.Concert Drums 22626
3BD etc.Concert Drums 32222
No. 421BD etc.Rock Drums 16868
2BD etc.Rock Drums 26060
3BD etc.Rock Drums 36060
No. 431BD etc.Jazz Drums 18282
2BD etc.Jazz Drums 2102102
3BD etc.Jazz Drums 37878
No. 441TM etc.Percussion2121
2BG etc.Percussion5353
3CO etc.Percussion1111
4CW etc.Percussion4848
5TM etc.Percussion4751
No. 451SPSoprano (Female)1854
2SPSoprano (Female)1854
3SPSoprano (Female)1854
No. 461ALAlto (Female)1854
2ALAlto (Female)1854
3ALAlto (Female)1854
No. 471TNTenor (Male)1854
2TNTenor (Male)1854
3TNTenor (Male)1854
No. 481BTBaritone (Male)1854
2BTBaritone (Male)1854
3BTBaritone (Male)1854
No. 491BSBass (Male)1854
2BSBass (Male)1854
3BSBass (Male)1854
No. 501VMR&B Vocal (Male)1955
2VFR&B Vocal (Female)1955
3VFR&B Vocal (Female)1955

Total number of files: 3544
Total file size: about 29.1 Gbytes (29,093,623,522 bytes)
Total time: 91 hours, 37 minutes, 38 seconds

Breakdown of percussion instruments (List of instruments counted as playing styles):

RWC-MDB-I-2001 No. 40 – 44
Inst. No. Variation No. Instrument name Instrument symbol Instrument name # of playing styles # of files
No. 401Japanese PercussionNDNagadoh-Daiko55
HDHiradoh-Daiko44
ODOkedoh-Daiko11
TDTsukeshime-Daiko22
SIShime-Daiko66
DADaibyoshi22
KZKotsuzumi55
ATAtarigane44
CHChappa22
DODora22
SZSuzu22
KMKo-Mokugyo22
No. 411Concert Drums 1BDBass Drum22
SDSnare Drum1010
TTTom Tom55
Y3Crash Cymbals11
YSSuspended Cymbal33
CNCastanets11
TATriangle33
WBWood Block11
TMTambourine22
2Concert Drums 2BDBass Drum22
SDSnare Drum1010
TTTom Tom55
Y3Crash Cymbals11
YFFinger Cymbal11
CNCastanets11
TATriangle33
WBWood Block11
TMTambourine22
3Concert Drums 3BDBass Drum22
SDSnare Drum1010
Y3Crash Cymbals11
BYBass Drum with Cymbal22
CNCastanets11
TATriangle33
WBWood Block11
TMTambourine22
No. 421Rock Drums 1BDBass Drum22
SDSnare Drum3030
FTFloor Tom33
LTLow Tom33
MTMid Tom33
HTHigh Tom33
HHHi-hat1313
YRRide Cymbal33
Y1Crash Cymbal 133
Y2Crash Cymbal 233
YHChinese Cymbal11
YAAttack Cymbal11
2Rock Drums 2BDBass Drum22
SDSnare Drum3030
FTFloor Tom33
LTLow Tom33
HTHigh Tom33
HHHi-hat1313
YRRide Cymbal33
Y1Crash Cymbal 133
3Rock Drums 3BDBass Drum22
SDSnare Drum3030
FTFloor Tom33
LTLow Tom33
HTHigh Tom33
HHHi-hat1313
YRRide Cymbal33
Y1Crash Cymbal 133
No. 431Jazz Drums 1BDBass Drum22
SDSnare Drum4848
FTFloor Tom77
HTHigh Tom77
HHHi-hat99
YRRide Cymbal33
Y1Crash Cymbal 133
Y2Crash Cymbal 233
2Jazz Drums 2BDBass Drum22
SDSnare Drum5454
FTFloor Tom88
LTLow Tom88
HTHigh Tom88
HHHi-hat1313
YRRide Cymbal33
Y1Crash Cymbal 133
Y2Crash Cymbal 233
3Jazz Drums 3BDBass Drum22
SDSnare Drum4242
FTFloor Tom66
LTLow Tom66
HHHi-hat1313
YRRide Cymbal33
Y1Crash Cymbal 133
Y2Crash Cymbal 233
No. 441Percussion 1TMTambourine22
CWCowbell44
CACabasa11
MCMaracas11
WHWhistle22
SWSamba Whistle66
TATriangle22
SKShaker11
STStick11
GOGong11
2Percussion 2BGBongo77
TITimbales77
ABAgogo Bell33
G1Guiro (Gourd)44
G2Guiro (Iron)44
G3Guiro (Bamboo)44
CSClaves22
WBWood Block11
CNCastanets44
SRSurdo55
VSVibra Slap11
CUCuica44
YFFinger Cymbal11
YCCrash Cymbal11
WCWind Chime44
BEBell Tree11
3Percussion 3COConga66
JBJembe22
TKTalking Drum33
4Percussion 4CWCowbell44
BGBongo77
COConga66
ABAgogo Bell44
CACabasa11
MCMaracas11
CSClaves22
SRSurdo55
SKShaker11
WCWind Chime44
TLTabla1313
5Percussion 5TMTambourine22
CWCowbell44
BGBongo77
COConga66
ABAgogo Bell44
CACabasa11
MCMaracas11
CSClaves22
TATriangle22
SRSurdo55
QJQuijada11
SKShaker11
WCWind Chime44
STStick11
BLTubular Bell26
MEMetronome22
HAHandclap11
APApplause11


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