Hook
A quick search on the reddit “emo” page will show you that guitarists are always looking for the best or new “emo” tunings. What does that mean? We collected a bunch of riffs, transcribed them, and analyzed the tuning, hand positioning, and other features.
class CoAuthor
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = "Tyler M. Howie"Summary
- 17 riffs from emo music all in alternate tunings
- Encoded in “fret” notation (see humdrum) and kern
Here are two heatmaps showing the difference between another fretboard dataset of rhythm guitars (Shea 2023) (bottom) and the emo dataset (top)… interpretation is left to the reader!
Status
We’ve presented the dataset at the Society for Music Theory ( SMT ) and the Rocky Mountain Society for Music Theory.
We are currently working on a more comprehensive paper for its publication.
https://github.com/MatthewChiu/emoMusicDataset
Contact us if you have any questions or are using the dataset!