Jazzmus Stafflevel: Optical Music Recognition Dataset for 163 Jazz Standards

A dataset for Optical Music Recognition (OMR) containing musical scores for 163 unique jazz standards. The scores are provided in both MusicXML and Humdrum **kern formats. The dataset was created by PRAIG and last updated on Hugging Face in September 2025.

Use Cases

• Train Optical Music Recognition (OMR) models based on the provided musical scores.
• Develop music information retrieval systems for jazz standards based on the MusicXML and Humdrum **kern data.
• Analyze the structure and notation of jazz lead sheets based on the dataset's content.
• Benchmark music transcription algorithms using the provided staff-level scores.

Strengths

• Contains 163 unique jazz standards, providing a focused corpus.
• Offers scores in two interoperable formats: MusicXML and Humdrum **kern.
• Sourced from the Wikifonia database, a known collection of musical scores.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The source Wikifonia database was discontinued in 2013, which may affect data freshness.

Provenance

Source

Wikifonia database (discontinued in 2013)

Collection Method

Partially processed and converted to MusicXML and Humdrum **kern formats.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2025-09-09 12:50:58; freshness should be verified

Geography

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