User studies in the Music Information Retrieval Literature

This paper presents an overview of user studies in the Music Information Retrieval (MIR) literature. A focus on the user has repeatedly been identified as a key requirement for future MIR research; yet empirical user studies have been relatively sparse in the literature, the overwhelming research attention in MIR remaining systems-focused. We present research topics, methodologies, and design implications covered in the user studies conducted thus far.

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