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draft dataset card and a verification report.
Run: ``uv run python -m harmony_dataset.export``. Nothing here pushes to the Hub.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
from collections import Counter, defaultdict
from pathlib import Path
from . import tasks
from .generator import GenResult, generate
REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
DATA_DIR = REPO_ROOT / "data"
SPLITS = ("train", "validation", "test")
DEFAULT_CONFIG = "notes_to_rn"
TASK_BLURB = {
"symbol_to_rn": "key + chord symbols -> Roman numerals + cadence (easy: chord quality is given)",
"notes_to_rn": "key + spelled notes -> Roman numerals + cadence (must read each chord)",
"pcset_to_rn": "key + bass-first pitch-class lists -> Roman numerals + cadence (no spelling)",
"key_id": "spelled notes, no key -> identify the key (only key-unambiguous phrases)",
}
CADENCE_GLOSS = {
"PAC": "perfect authentic", "IAC": "imperfect authentic", "HC": "half",
"DC": "deceptive", "PC": "plagal",
}
def bucket(res: GenResult) -> dict[tuple[str, str], list[dict]]:
out: dict[tuple[str, str], list[dict]] = defaultdict(list)
for r in res.records:
out[(r.data["task"], r.split)].append(r.data)
# stable order within each file
for recs in out.values():
recs.sort(key=lambda d: (d["shape_id"], d["key"]))
return out
def write_jsonl(records: list[dict], path: Path) -> None:
path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
with path.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
for d in records:
fh.write(json.dumps(d, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
def _configs_yaml() -> str:
lines = ["configs:"]
for task in tasks.TASKS:
lines.append(f" - config_name: {task}")
if task == DEFAULT_CONFIG:
lines.append(" default: true")
lines.append(" data_files:")
for split in SPLITS:
lines.append(f" - split: {split}")
lines.append(f" path: data/{task}/{split}.jsonl")
return "\n".join(lines)
def render_card(res: GenResult, buckets: dict) -> str:
total = len(res.records)
per_task = Counter(r.data["task"] for r in res.records)
per_split = Counter(r.split for r in res.records)
size_cat = "10K<n<100K" if 10_000 <= total < 100_000 else "1K<n<10K" if total >= 1_000 else "n<1K"
task_rows = "\n".join(
f"| `{t}` | {TASK_BLURB[t]} | {per_task[t]:,} |" for t in tasks.TASKS
)
return f"""---
pretty_name: "Rameau: Functional Harmony from Notation (Roman Numerals, Cadence, Key)"
license: cc-by-4.0
language:
- en
task_categories:
- text-generation
tags:
- music
- music-theory
- functional-harmony
- roman-numeral-analysis
- chord-progression
- cadence
- key-detection
- benchmark
- synthetic
- mir
- symbolic-music
size_categories:
- {size_cat}
annotations_creators:
- machine-generated
source_datasets:
- original
{_configs_yaml()}
---
# Rameau: functional harmony from notation
A text-to-text dataset and benchmark for functional harmony: Roman-numeral
analysis, cadence classification, and key identification. A probabilistic
common-practice grammar generates the progressions; four task framings hide
the answer to increasing degrees. Chord-symbol lookup stops working after the
first one.
Named for Jean-Philippe Rameau, whose *Traité de l'harmonie* (1722) started
the discipline.
```
symbol_to_rn key: C major / progression: Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 -> ii7 V7 IM7 / cadence: PAC
notes_to_rn key: C major / notes: D4 F4 A4 C5 | ... -> ii7 V7 IM7 / cadence: PAC
pcset_to_rn key: C major / pitch classes: [2 5 9 0]|... -> ii7 V7 IM7 / cadence: PAC
key_id notes: D4 F4 A4 C5 | G3 B3 D4 F4 | ... -> C major
```
## Configs (tasks)
Load one with `load_dataset("4esv/rameau", "<config>")`. Default: `{DEFAULT_CONFIG}`.
| config | task | rows |
|---|---|---|
{task_rows}
| | **total** | **{total:,}** |
## Gold labels
Nothing is hand-annotated. The grammar (tonic -> predominant -> dominant ->
cadence, with sevenths, inversions, cadential 6-4s and secondary dominants)
generates each progression together with its intended analysis. Every chord is
then derived two independent ways with [`music21`](https://web.mit.edu/music21/):
the Roman-numeral figure through the roman engine, and the printed chord symbol
through the chord-symbol parser. An item is kept only if both agree on
pitch-class set and bass.
This release: {res.attempted_chords - len(res.failures):,} of {res.attempted_chords:,} chords agree. See `VERIFY.md`.
Built from {res.shapes} progression shapes (key-independent), transposed across
keys. All content is synthetic; no third-party corpus is redistributed.
## Label convention
Roman numerals follow the feature decomposition of the
[DCML harmony standard](https://github.com/DCMLab/standards)
(`numeral` / `form` / `figbass` / `changes` / `relativeroot`).
We follow the notation and copy no DCML data. Major-seventh tonic is `IM7`;
secondary dominants use `/` (e.g. `V7/vi`).
Cadence codes: {", ".join(f"`{k}` {v}" for k, v in CADENCE_GLOSS.items())}.
## Fields
Common to every config: `input`, `target`, `key`, `mode`, `labels`, `cadence`,
`analysis` (per-chord DCML features), `source` (`grammar`/`curated`/`single`),
`category`, `shape_id`. Plus the input representation for the config: `chords`
(symbols), `notes` (spelled, bass-first), or `pitch_classes` (bass-first).
Accidentals are written the standard way (`Bb`, `F#`, `Cb`). music21 users:
its parsers want `-` for flats, so convert `b -> -` in note and root names
before calling `ChordSymbol` or `Pitch`.
## Splits
The atomic unit is a shape, a key-independent Roman-numeral sequence. A shape
hashes to exactly one split, so none of its transpositions or task framings
crosses splits. The test split doubles as the benchmark. Rows:
train {per_split['train']:,} / validation {per_split['validation']:,} / test {per_split['test']:,}.
## Known limitations
- The distribution is synthetic. Grammar output, not repertoire; chord
statistics are not naturalistic.
- PAC vs IAC is decided by inversion, since there is no notated soprano.
Cadence rules are strict: an HC ends on a root-position V triad (a terminal
V7 is not labelled), and a DC requires a root-position dominant
(`V65 -> vi` does not count).
- key_id keeps only cadence-terminated progressions of three or more chords
whose notes contain scale degree 4 and the leading tone, so the key is
uniquely determined. Without the gate, gold keys are contestable: `I V7/V V`
in C is note-identical to `IV V7 I` in G, and the G reading is arguably
stronger. Such phrases are excluded.
- Harmony only: no voice leading, melody, or rhythm. No modal mixture,
Neapolitans, or augmented sixths yet.
## Evaluation
Gold is deterministic, so scoring is exact match. No LLM judge. The harness in
`eval/` is stdlib-only and works against any OpenAI-compatible endpoint:
```bash
python eval/run_model.py --config notes_to_rn --model <model> --out preds.jsonl
python eval/score.py preds.jsonl --config notes_to_rn --split test
```
Metrics for the RN configs: `exact` (numerals and cadence both correct),
`labels_exact`, `chord_acc`, `cadence_acc`. For `key_id`: `exact`, `tonic_acc`,
`mode_acc`. Prompts are versioned in `eval/prompts.py`; parsing rules are in
`eval/README.md`.
## Results
Full test split, zero-shot, temperature 0, prompt v1, run 2026-07-11 via
OpenRouter. Cells are exact match, with per-chord accuracy in parentheses.
Raw predictions and per-run metadata are in `results/`.
| model | symbol_to_rn | notes_to_rn | pcset_to_rn | key_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-oss-120b (reasoning low) | 0.256 (0.885) | 0.155 (0.778) | 0.146 (0.724) | 0.778 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | 0.220 (0.863) | 0.066 (0.688) | 0.157 (0.732) | 0.823 |
| Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct | 0.193 (0.739) | 0.016 (0.380) | 0.002 (0.163) | 0.719 |
| DeepSeek-V3.2 | 0.151 (0.634) | 0.005 (0.305) | 0.001 (0.150) | 0.661 |
| Kimi-K2.5 | 0.142 (0.562) | 0.007 (0.399) | 0.009 (0.205) | 0.788 |
| Llama-3.3-70B | 0.037 (0.466) | 0.004 (0.307) | 0.000 (0.194) | 0.471 |
No model saturates the easiest config. Models that do not reason drop toward
zero once the chord symbols disappear; the two that do degrade more slowly.
Claude Sonnet 5 scores higher on pitch classes than on spelled notes, which
suggests spelling rather than harmony is its bottleneck. The table cost about
nine dollars in API credits.
### Reasoning on vs off
Fixed test subsets rerun with reasoning enabled; n in the table. Exact match
on `notes_to_rn`:
| model | n | off | on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimi-K2.5 | 150 | 0.000 | 0.740 |
| DeepSeek-V3.2 | 200 | 0.025 | 0.725 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | 100 | 0.090 | 0.520 |
| gpt-oss-120b (low -> high) | 200 | 0.185 | 0.440 |
The pattern holds on every config; full numbers are in `results/reasoning/`.
With thinking enabled, per-chord accuracy reaches 0.89 to 0.98 on the hidden
configs, so the remaining exact-match gap is mostly cadence and figure errors.
Without thinking the benchmark measures pattern recall; with thinking it
measures multi-step computation. Neither saturates it.
## Reproduce
The full generation pipeline ships in this repo (`src/harmony_dataset/`):
```bash
uv sync && uv run pytest
uv run python -m harmony_dataset.export # regenerates data/, README, VERIFY.md
```
## Related work
- [MusicTheoryBench](https://huggingface.co/datasets/m-a-p/MusicTheoryBench)
(ChatMusician, 2024): 372 hand-written multiple-choice questions on broad
music knowledge. Rameau is generative and machine-verified.
- [Harmonic Reasoning in LLMs](https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05521) (Kruspe, 2024):
synthetic interval, chord, and scale identification. No key context, so
identification rather than functional analysis.
- [Teaching LLMs Music Theory](https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22853)
(Pond & Fujinaga, 2025): one RCM Level 6 exam in four encodings, with
prompting strategies. Rameau frames the same progressions in each
representation, so representation is the only variable.
- Score-based Roman-numeral analysis (Micchi et al., AugmentedNet, AnalysisGNN):
specialist models trained on NC-licensed annotated corpora. Rameau targets
text models and generates its own data, which is what keeps the license CC-BY.
## Licensing
CC-BY-4.0. Content is generated by this repository's pipeline from music theory;
the underlying facts are not copyrightable and no source corpus is redistributed.
## Citation
```
@misc{{rameau,
title = {{Rameau: Functional Harmony from Notation (Roman Numerals, Cadence, Key)}},
author = {{Stevens, Axel}},
year = {{2026}},
doi = {{10.57967/hf/9570}},
url = {{https://huggingface.co/datasets/4esv/rameau}},
note = {{Synthetic, music21-verified, DCML labels}}
}}
```
"""
def render_verify(res: GenResult) -> str:
L: list[str] = ["# Verification report\n", "## Gold gate (dual-derivation agreement)\n",
"| metric | value |", "|---|---|",
f"| distinct shapes | {res.shapes} |",
f"| instances (shape x key) | {res.instances} |",
f"| instances dropped | {res.dropped_instances} |",
f"| chords attempted | {res.attempted_chords} |",
f"| chord disagreements | {len(res.failures)} |",
f"| **chord agreement rate** | **{res.chord_agreement_rate:.3%}** |",
f"| total records | {len(res.records)} |\n"]
per_source = Counter(r.data["source"] for r in res.records)
per_cadence = Counter(r.data["cadence"] for r in res.records)
L += ["## Distribution\n", f"- by source: {dict(per_source)}",
f"- by cadence: {dict(per_cadence)}\n"]
if res.failures:
L += ["## Dropped chords\n", "| shape | key | figure | symbol | reason |", "|---|---|---|---|---|"]
for f in res.failures[:50]:
c = f.check
L.append(f"| {f.shape_id} | {f.key} | `{c.figure}` | `{c.symbol}` | {c.reason} |")
L.append("")
# the brief example across all four task framings
L.append("## Same progression, four framings (brief example in C major)\n")
brief = [r.data for r in res.records
if r.data["shape_id"] == _shape_id_of(res, ["ii7", "V7", "IM7"])
and r.data["key"] == "C major"]
for d in sorted(brief, key=lambda d: tasks.TASKS.index(d["task"])):
L.append(f"- **{d['task']}**")
L.append(f" - in: `{d['input'].replace(chr(10), ' // ')}`")
L.append(f" - out: `{d['target'].replace(chr(10), ' // ')}`")
L.append("")
# a spread of grammar phrases (notes_to_rn framing, reference key)
L.append("## Grammar phrases (notes_to_rn, in C major / A minor)\n")
shown = 0
for r in sorted(res.records, key=lambda r: r.data["shape_id"]):
d = r.data
if d["task"] != "notes_to_rn" or d["source"] != "grammar":
continue
if d["key"] not in ("C major", "A minor"):
continue
cad = d["cadence"] or "-"
L.append(f"- `{d['key']}` {d['input'].split('notes: ')[1]}")
L.append(f" -> `{' '.join(d['labels'])}` ({cad})")
shown += 1
if shown >= 12:
break
L.append("")
return "\n".join(L)
def _shape_id_of(res: GenResult, labels: list[str]) -> str:
for r in res.records:
if r.data["labels"] == labels:
return r.data["shape_id"]
return ""
def main(out_dir: Path = REPO_ROOT) -> GenResult:
res = generate()
buckets = bucket(res)
for (task, split), recs in buckets.items():
write_jsonl(recs, out_dir / "data" / task / f"{split}.jsonl")
(out_dir / "README.md").write_text(render_card(res, buckets), encoding="utf-8")
(out_dir / "VERIFY.md").write_text(render_verify(res), encoding="utf-8")
print(f"wrote {len(res.records)} records across {len(tasks.TASKS)} configs "
f"from {res.shapes} shapes; chord agreement {res.chord_agreement_rate:.3%}")
return res
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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