Evolving Musical Sight Reading Exercises Using Expert Models
Sight reading skills are widely considered to be crucial for all musicians. However, given that sight reading involves playing sheet music without having seen it before, once an exercise has been completed by a student it can no longer be used as a sight reading exercise for them. In this paper we p...
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| description | Sight reading skills are widely considered to be crucial for all musicians. However, given that sight reading involves playing sheet music without having seen it before, once an exercise has been completed by a student it can no longer be used as a sight reading exercise for them. In this paper we present a novel evolutionary algorithm for generating musical sight reading exercises in the Western art music tradition. Using models based on expert examples, the algorithm generates material suitable for practice which is both technically appropriate and aesthetically pleasing with respect to an instrument and difficulty level. This overcomes the resource constraint in using traditional practice exercises, which are exhausted quickly by students and teachers due to their limited quantity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73618a12719b4e349c51f729deea40a42022-12-21T20:32:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence2624-82122021-01-01310.3389/frai.2020.497530497530Evolving Musical Sight Reading Exercises Using Expert ModelsCharlotte Pierce0Tim Hendtlass1Anthony Bartel2Clinton J. Woodward3Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VI, AustraliaFaculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VI, AustraliaFaculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VI, AustraliaFaculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VI, AustraliaSight reading skills are widely considered to be crucial for all musicians. However, given that sight reading involves playing sheet music without having seen it before, once an exercise has been completed by a student it can no longer be used as a sight reading exercise for them. In this paper we present a novel evolutionary algorithm for generating musical sight reading exercises in the Western art music tradition. Using models based on expert examples, the algorithm generates material suitable for practice which is both technically appropriate and aesthetically pleasing with respect to an instrument and difficulty level. This overcomes the resource constraint in using traditional practice exercises, which are exhausted quickly by students and teachers due to their limited quantity.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2020.497530/fullexpert modelsmusical sight readingmelody representationmusic educationevolutionary algorithms |
| spellingShingle | Charlotte Pierce Tim Hendtlass Anthony Bartel Clinton J. Woodward Evolving Musical Sight Reading Exercises Using Expert Models Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence expert models musical sight reading melody representation music education evolutionary algorithms |
| title | Evolving Musical Sight Reading Exercises Using Expert Models |
| title_full | Evolving Musical Sight Reading Exercises Using Expert Models |
| title_fullStr | Evolving Musical Sight Reading Exercises Using Expert Models |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evolving Musical Sight Reading Exercises Using Expert Models |
| title_short | Evolving Musical Sight Reading Exercises Using Expert Models |
| title_sort | evolving musical sight reading exercises using expert models |
| topic | expert models musical sight reading melody representation music education evolutionary algorithms |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2020.497530/full |
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