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Published online 28 May 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040524-10

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Smart music system skips to chorus

Song analysis could replace fast forward button.

Sick of hitting fast forward to find your favourite bars of a song? A Japanese researcher has invented a new programme that can jump straight to the chorus or verse.

The prototype programme, dubbed the SmartMusicKiosk, was exhibited at the meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in New York City on Tuesday.

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