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Harmonizing Melody with Meta-Structure of Piano Accompaniment Figure

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In this paper, a meta-structure of piano accompaniment figure (meta-structure for short) is proposed to harmonize a melodic piece of music so as to construct a multi-voice music. Here we approach melody harmonization with piano accompaniment as a machine learning task in a probabilistic framework. A series of piano accompaniment figures are collected from the massive existing sample scores and converted into a set of meta-structure. After the procedure of samples training, a model is formulated to generate a proper piano accompaniment figure for a harmonizing unit in the context. This model is flexible in harmonizing a melody with piano accompaniment. The experimental results are evaluated and discussed.

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  1. Department of Cognitive Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Yin Feng & Xiang-Bin Liu

  2. Shenzhen ZTE Mobile Telecom Ltd, Shenzhen, 518057, China

    Kui Chen

  3. Fujian Key Laboratory of the Brain-Like Intelligent Systems, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Yin Feng & Xiang-Bin Liu

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 60975076.

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Feng, Y., Chen, K. & Liu, XB. Harmonizing Melody with Meta-Structure of Piano Accompaniment Figure. J. Comput. Sci. Technol. 26, 1041–1060 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11390-011-1200-1

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