mrmrmrfinch / opengufeng

An Open-source Gufeng Melody and Chord Dataset

OpenGufeng: A melody and chord progression dataset for Chinese Gufeng Music

Gufeng music, a subgenre of Chinese pop music, borrows yet differs from traditional Chinese folk music with modern song structures, alongside rock and electronic dance music-based arrangements and pop music chord structures. Its commercial success is evident in the numerous chart-topping hits produced in this genre. However, a notable gap of symbolic datasets for Gufeng music has been impeding research progress in this field.

We aim to address this deficiency by introducing "OpenGufeng," a symbolic dataset designed for Gufeng music. This dataset has four different tempo settings of continuous play, providing melody and corresponding chords in a single key. We aim for "OpenGufeng" to be a valuable resource for research in music information retrieval within the Gufeng music domain, facilitating a more comprehensive understanding of this distinct musical style.

Dataset

See Raw MIDI Files for recorded melody and chord progressions.

To-do

• Melody cleanup: cleanup melody to monophonic and quantize to 16th note grid.
• Chord cleanup: cleanup chords to major or minor triads; dump them to a separate CSV files using alternative notation than MIDI.

Cite Us

If you use this dataset, please cite this GitHub Repository. Paper coming soon.