Middle East & North Africa · Arabic / Latin
Kurdish Singing Voice Dataset
Kurdish Singing Voice delivered to your specification. A catalog entry, not a stock listing. This page covers what is specifically hard about this pairing, and which fields your specification needs to pin down.
Why Singing Voice in Kurdish is its own problem
Kurdish vocal music carries strong regional identity: in the Kurmanji-speaking north the tradition centers on long narrative songs performed by a solo voice, while the Sorani repertoire draws on a different poetic and modal tradition. Melody stretches vowel length and shifts pitch far from speech values, so the sung and spoken forms of the same words diverge sharply. The lyrics also carry the cross-border loanword layers. A sung text in one country may use a word that does not exist in the same branch across the border, which matters when the transcript is used to align lyrics to audio.
The field to pin down first: State the branch and the regional singing tradition the material comes from, and deliver lyric transcripts in a fixed script, with a written note on how borrowed words in the lyrics were transcribed.
At a glance
| Language | Kurdish |
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| Primary region | Middle East & North Africa |
| Writing system | Arabic / Latin |
| Category | Singing Voice |
| Specification field to settle first | State the branch and the regional singing tradition the material comes from, and deliver lyric transcripts in a fixed script, with a written note on how borrowed words in the lyrics were transcribed. |
| Delivery | Sourced to order, pilot batch before the full run |
What Singing Voice data is
Vocal recordings with melody, in both a cappella and accompanied form, used for singing voice synthesis, music information retrieval, and lyric alignment.
What buyers get wrong about it
Copyright is the number one problem for this category: melody and lyrics each have their own rights holder. We only produce original or fully cleared content, never existing commercial tracks.
The specification field that decides the quote
Whether the accompaniment is separated (dry vocal) or the mix is kept, and whether MIDI or pitch annotation comes with it.
The language side: what Kurdish demands
The two main branches of Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji) have low mutual intelligibility, close to two separate languages, and they use different scripts. Public resources are so thin that even TTS datasets are rare. A textbook scarce language.
What we can put in this delivery
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Collection to your specification
Scripted or unscripted, in the language, domain and conditions your task needs. Specified separately where the variants need different contributor pools.
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Labels to your convention
Orthographic, phonetic or categorical, with the guideline written before production and shared with you for review.
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Contributor metadata
The attributes that let you slice the set rather than take it whole. The ones your task turns on, not a fixed list.
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Consent documentation
Signed contributor consent covering the intended use, plus collection methodology and the annotation guideline.
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Pilot batch
A small batch first, which you can reject. Misalignments surface after a few hours rather than at delivery.
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Delivery in your format
File format, structure, segmentation and metadata schema set to your pipeline's requirements.
What arrives in a delivery
| Component | What it is |
|---|---|
| The data files | Format, structure and segmentation set to your pipeline. Named to a convention you specify. |
| Labels or transcription | Orthographic, phonetic or categorical, produced under a guideline you review before production starts. |
| Contributor metadata | The attributes that let you slice the set: age band, gender, region, dialect background, or whatever your task turns on. |
| Collection conditions | Environment, device and, where it can be measured, signal quality: recorded per file. |
| Annotation guideline | The document the annotators worked from, so you can reproduce the conventions on your own data. |
| Consent records | Signed contributor consent covering your intended use, plus cross-border transfer terms where they apply. |
| Collection methodology | How contributors were recruited, screened and scheduled. The part that tells you how biased the pool is. |
| Quality report | Pilot outcome, re-work log, and the annotator agreement figures where the task supports measuring them. |
Questions we get about Kurdish Singing Voice Dataset
How many distinct speakers can you provide for Kurdish Singing Voice Dataset?
It depends on the specification and the timeline, and we will give a real number rather than a target. For this pairing, speaker recruitment is usually the step that sets the schedule. State the branch and the regional singing tradition the material comes from, and deliver lyric transcripts in a fixed script, with a written note on how borrowed words in the lyrics were transcribed.
Can you annotate to our own guideline instead of the default?
Yes, and for this pairing we would recommend it. Kurdish vocal music carries strong regional identity: in the Kurmanji-speaking north the tradition centers on long narrative songs performed by a solo voice, while the Sorani repertoire draws on a different poetic and modal tradition. That is exactly the kind of decision a default guideline leaves open, and it is where annotators diverge. Send us your guideline, or we will draft one and you can review it before production starts.
Do you offer a sample before we commit to a full run?
Yes. Select a free sample in the request form and describe what you need. A pilot batch is the cheapest way to establish whether the quality bar is reachable for Kurdish Singing Voice Dataset before committing to the full volume.
Is the data licensed or owned outright?
Licensing terms are set per project, so tell us how the model will be used and whether it will be distributed. Consent documentation travels with the data either way, and we do not handle medical or clinical data or recorded telephone calls.
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Request Kurdish Singing Voice Dataset
Tell us the language, the hours, and what the data needs to look like. You will get a real number and a real timeline, not a range. If we cannot source it well, we will tell you that instead.
- Pilot batch before the full run, so problems surface early.
- Consent documentation delivered with the data.
- No medical or clinical data. No recorded telephone calls.
- You send the spec Language, hours, recording conditions, and the deadline.
- We reply within two business days A real number and a real timeline, not a range.
- You approve a pilot batch A small run first, so problems surface before the full order.
- Full run, then delivery with documents Audio, transcripts, and the consent record for every speaker.