README.md

---
tags:
- music
- documents
- end-to-end
- amnlt
- staff-level
annotations_creators:
- manually expert-generated
pretty_name: Aligned Music Notation and Lyrics Transcription
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
task_categories:
- image-to-text
subtasks:
- lyrics and music alignment
extra_gated_fields:
  Affiliation: text
---

# AMNLT: Aligned Music Notation and Lyrics Transcription

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<h1 align="center">Aligned Music Notation and Lyrics Transcription</h1>

<h4 align="center">📄 Full paper available <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003132032500754X" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>

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  <a href="#about">About</a> •
  <a href="#how-to-use">How to Use</a> •
  <a href="#citations">Citations</a> •
  <a href="#license">License</a>
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## 📚 About

This repository serves as an index for the four staff-level datasets used in the AMNLT (Aligned Music Notation and Lyrics Transcription) challenge:

1. [Einsiedeln Staff-Level](https://huggingface.co/datasets/PRAIG/Einsiedeln_staffLevel)
2. [Salzinnes Staff-Level](https://huggingface.co/datasets/PRAIG/Salzinnes_staffLevel)
3. [Solesmes Staff-Level](https://huggingface.co/datasets/PRAIG/Solesmes_staffLevel)
4. [GregoSynth Staff-Level](https://huggingface.co/datasets/PRAIG/GregoSynth_staffLevel)

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## ⚙️ How to Use

To use any of these datasets, you must first request access. Once access is granted, load the dataset using:

```python
from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("PRAIG/{dataset}")  # Replace {dataset} with the dataset name

ds["train"][0]["image"].save("example_image.png")
print(ds["train"][0]["transcription"])
```

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## 📖 Citations

If you use this work in your research, please cite us:

```bibtex
@article{FUENTESMARTINEZ2026112094,
  title     = {Aligned music notation and lyrics transcription},
  author    = {Eliseo Fuentes-Martínez and Antonio Ríos-Vila and Juan C. Martinez-Sevilla and David Rizo and Jorge Calvo-Zaragoza},
  journal   = {Pattern Recognition},
  volume    = {170},
  pages     = {112094},
  year      = {2026},
  issn      = {0031-3203},
  doi       = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2025.112094},
}
```

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## 📝 License

These datasets are under the [cc-by-nc-4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license, which permits use, distribution, and adaptation for non-commercial purposes, provided proper attribution is given.