Music categorization

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According to Wilbert Hirsch, the categorization of a musical work is the recording of secondary music metadata .

The matrix of all describable criteria consists of objectively clear attributes such as style, tempo, main instrument (primary music metadata) and features that are based on a scenic, cinematic description that essentially reflects the mood of a musical work (secondary music metadata).

Wilbert Hirsch , one of the pioneers of music categorization, began to train specialists in 1995, who had to learn the application and level of meaning of each term occurring in the matrix. The training as a so-called categorizer was necessary to achieve a "common sense" and thus to ensure that the description of the title - especially in the subjective area of ​​the secondary metadata - has a high level of consistency.

Until 2005, the matrix was further developed by Wilbert Hirsch and his company Hifind Systems AG . In the same year it was recognized by Paul Robertson and Nigel Osborne as the first functioning and complete music semantics as part of an expert examination.

Music categorization makes it possible to compare pieces of music with one another and to filter out a desired title from hundreds of thousands of tracks with just a few clicks. On the basis of a declared favorite, you can also have a number of similar titles suggested that are not only linked by popularity, but also have parallels in content. In connection with personalization systems, (music) categorization plays a key role.