Example apparatus, articles of manufacture and methods to determine semantic audio information for audio are disclosed. Example methods include extracting a plurality of audio features from the audio, at least one of the plurality of audio features including at least one of a temporal feature, a spectral feature, a harmonic feature, or a rhythmic feature. Example methods also include comparing the plurality of audio features to a plurality of stored audio feature ranges having tags associated therewith. Example methods further include determining a set of ranges of the plurality of stored audio feature ranges having closest matches to the plurality of audio features, a tag associated with the set of ranges having the closest matches to be used to determine the semantic audio information for the audio.