# Melodic and Metrical Elements of Expressiveness in Hindustani Vocal Music

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04430 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2508.04430/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 6 Aug 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Gugak-VocalSet: A Multi-Genre Studio-Quality Dataset of Korean Traditional Singing with Sigimsae Annotations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.15350/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper presents an attempt to study the aesthetics of North Indian Khayal music with reference to the flexibility exercised by artists in performing popular compositions. We study expressive timing and pitch variations of the given lyrical content within and across performances and propose computational representations that can discriminate between different performances of the same song in terms of expression. We present the necessary audio processing and annotation procedures, and discuss our observations and insights from the analysis of a dataset of two songs in two ragas each rendered by ten prominent artists.