Music Form Analysis — MCP Tool

Analyze music structure, tonality, harmony, and form directly from Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI agent.

15 credits per analysis
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MCP Tool: analyze_music

AI-powered musicological analysis that identifies key signatures, time signatures, sections, harmonic progressions, and overall musical form.

Input: MusicXML, PNG/JPG images, PDF scores
MusicXMLPNG/JPGPDF
Output: Detailed text analysis
Text Analysis

Parameters

mxl_file_url — URL of a MusicXML (.mxl) file
image_url — URL of a sheet music image
pdf_file_url — URL of a PDF score
language — Analysis language: "en", "zh", "ja", etc. (default: "en")

How It Works

Get music analysis in your AI chat.

1

Configure MCP

Add the Melogen MCP server URL and your API key to your AI agent's settings.

2

Ask Your AI

Say: "Analyze the structure of this score" and provide a file URL.

3

Get Analysis

Your AI receives a detailed structural analysis including key, form, and harmony.

Usage Example

Here's how the analysis tool call works.

Example prompt to your AI agent:

“Analyze the harmonic structure of this score: https://example.com/score.mxl”

// MCP Tool Call (handled automatically by your AI agent)
{
  "tool": "analyze_music",
  "arguments": {
    "mxl_file_url": "https://example.com/score.mxl",
    "language": "en"
  }
}

// Response
{
  "status": "completed",
  "analysis": "Key: C Major\nTime Signature: 4/4\nForm: Sonata-Allegro\n\nExposition (mm. 1-45):\n  First Theme (mm. 1-16): Energetic, scalar\n  Transition (mm. 17-28): Modulates to G Major\n  Second Theme (mm. 29-45): Lyrical, contrasting\n\nDevelopment (mm. 46-78):\n  Fragmentation of first theme material...",
  "language": "en",
  "message": "Music form analysis completed successfully."
}

Why Use This MCP Tool?

Get deep musicological analysis directly in your AI chat. Understand form, harmony, and structure from scores and images.

25K+
Educators & Students
200K+
Scores Analyzed
150+
Countries

Deep Musicological Analysis

Goes beyond basic key detection — identifies form, sections, and harmonic language.

Multiple Input Types

Analyze from MusicXML, images, or PDFs — whichever you have.

Multilingual Output

Get analysis results in your preferred language.

Discuss with AI

Your AI can discuss the analysis, answer follow-up questions, and provide musical insights.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the Music Analysis MCP tool.

The analysis covers key signature, time signature, musical form (sonata, rondo, binary, etc.), section identification, harmonic progressions, cadences, and modulations.

Analysis results can be in English, Chinese, Japanese, and other languages. Set the 'language' parameter to your preferred language code.

MusicXML files give the most accurate analysis since they contain structured note data. Images and PDFs are first converted via OMR, which may introduce some errors.

Yes, the analysis supports multi-voice, multi-instrument scores. Complex orchestral works are analyzed at a higher structural level.

Music Form Analysis — MCP Tool

Analyze music structure, tonality, harmony, and form directly from Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI agent.

Get API Key