Generating Guitar Scores from a MIDI Source
Jeng-Feng Wang, Tsai‐Yen Li · 1997
Most music-related software packages were designed for students to learn music theories or for the music professionals to compose music. However, amateur music instrument players often need another form - acquiring an instrument -specific score from a music source. In this paper, we describe a software package capable of automatically generating guitar chords and finger styles from music sources in MIDI format. The software program extracts melody from a MIDI file, uses weighted rules based on harmonics to select appropriate chords, and then uses principles of guitar composition to generate a six-line score. This program, developed under MS Windows environments, also allow users to interactively edit chords and finger styles in order to create a customized guitar score. 1. Introduction Computer music has been an active field for several decades. Most software applications developed have been to assist music composers to create synthetical music. Creating a good piece of music not onl...