A Simple Algorithm for Automatic Generation of Polyphonic Piano Fingerings.
Alia Al Kasimi, Eric Nichols, Christopher S. Raphael · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2007
We present a novel method for assigning fingers to notes in a polyphonic piano score. Such a mapping (called a “fingering”) is of great use to performers. To accommodate performers’ unique hand sha our method relies on a simple, user function. We use dynamic programming to search the space of all possible fingerings for the optimal fi ngering under this cost function. Despite the simplicity of the algorithm we achieve re asonable and useful results.