In this paper, we describe several techniques for detecting tonic pitch value in Indian classical music. In Indian music, the raga is the basic melodic framework and it is built on the tonic. Tonic detection is therefore ...

The tonic is a fundamental concept in Indian art music. It is the base pitch, which an artist chooses in order to construct the melodies during a rāg(a) rendition, and all accompanying instruments are tuned using the tonic ...

A raga is a collective melodic expression consisting of motifs. A raga can be identified using motifs which are/nunique to it. Motifs can be thought of as signature prosodic phrases. Different ragas may be composed of the ...