Multimodal generative adversarial networks for piano fingering correction and performance expressiveness modeling through audio-visual feature fusion

Piano performance analysis demands sophisticated understanding of both acoustic outputs and physical gestures, yet existing computational approaches typically treat these modalities in isolation. This study presents a novel framework that leverages generative adversarial networks to jointly model piano fingering correction and performance expressiveness through integrated audio-visual analysis. We develop a hierarchical attention-based fusion mechanism that learns adaptive correspondences between acoustic events and hand movements, combined with a dual-stream GAN architecture that concurrently handles fingering classification and expressiveness assessment. Experiments on a multimodal dataset comprising 3,847 performances demonstrate that our approach achieves 89.7% frame-level fingering accuracy and maintains correlation coefficients exceeding 0.85 for dynamic expressiveness features, substantially outperforming single-modality baselines. The system provides near real-time feedback with 180ms processing latency per second of audio, enabling practical deployment in interactive music education environments. These results validate the efficacy of cross-modal deep learning for capturing the coupled relationship between biomechanical execution and artistic interpretation in skilled musical performance.

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Scientific Reports
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2026-03-26
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-44473-w
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Music Technology and Sound Studies
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Multimodal generative adversarial networks for piano fingering correction and performance expressiveness modeling through audio-visual feature fusion

Junyu Li
Scientific Reports
Music Technology and Sound Studies
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Multimodal generative adversarial networks for piano fingering correction and performance expressiveness modeling through audio-visual feature fusion

Junyu Li
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Piano performance analysis demands sophisticated understanding of both acoustic outputs and physical gestures, yet existing computational approaches typically treat these modalities in isolation. This study presents a novel framework that leverages generative adversarial networks to jointly model piano fingering correction and performance expressiveness through integrated audio-visual analysis. We develop a hierarchical attention-based fusion mechanism that learns adaptive correspondences between acoustic events and hand movements, combined with a dual-stream GAN architecture that concurrently handles fingering classification and expressiveness assessment. Experiments on a multimodal dataset comprising 3,847 performances demonstrate that our approach achieves 89.7% frame-level fingering accuracy and maintains correlation coefficients exceeding 0.85 for dynamic expressiveness features, substantially outperforming single-modality baselines. The system provides near real-time feedback with 180ms processing latency per second of audio, enabling practical deployment in interactive music education environments. These results validate the efficacy of cross-modal deep learning for capturing the coupled relationship between biomechanical execution and artistic interpretation in skilled musical performance.

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Nanjing Xiaozhuang University (CN)
Quality Education
Openalex Percentile: Top 6%
Music Technology and Sound Studies
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