AI RESEARCH
EDMFormer: Genre-Specific Self-Supervised Learning for Music Structure Segmentation
arXiv CS.AI
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ArXi:2603.08759v1 Announce Type: cross Music structure segmentation is a key task in audio analysis, but existing models perform poorly on Electronic Dance Music (EDM). This problem exists because most approaches rely on lyrical or harmonic similarity, which works well for pop music but not for EDM. EDM structure is instead defined by changes in energy, rhythm, and timbre, with different sections such as buildup, drop, and breakdown. We