A comprehensive survey on deep music generation: Multi-level representations, algorithms, evaluations, and future directions

S Ji, J Luo, X Yang - arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.06801, 2020 - arxiv.org
The utilization of deep learning techniques in generating various contents (such as image,
text, etc.) has become a trend. Especially music, the topic of this paper, has attracted …

Computational models of expressive music performance: A comprehensive and critical review

CE Cancino-Chacón, M Grachten, W Goebl… - Frontiers in Digital …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Expressive performance is an indispensable part of music making. When playing a piece,
expert performers shape various parameters (tempo, timing, dynamics, intonation …

Sketching the expression: flexible rendering of expressive piano performance with self-supervised learning

S Rhyu, S Kim, K Lee - arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.14867, 2022 - arxiv.org
We propose a system for rendering a symbolic piano performance with flexible musical
expression. It is necessary to actively control musical expression for creating a new music …

Research in Computational Expressive Music Performance and Popular Music Production: A Potential Field of Application?

P Bontempi, S Canazza, F Carnovalini… - Multimodal Technologies …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In music, the interpreter manipulates the performance parameters in order to offer a sonic
rendition of the piece that is capable of conveying specific expressive intentions. Since the …

Predicting the perception of performed dynamics in music audio with ensemble learning

A Elowsson, A Friberg - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
By varying the dynamics in a musical performance, the musician can convey structure and
different expressions. Spectral properties of most musical instruments change in a complex …

Probing the underlying principles of dynamics in piano performances using a modelling approach

G Jones, A Friberg - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Variations in dynamics are an essential component of musical performance in most
instruments. To study the factors that contribute to dynamic variations, we used a model …

Maximum entropy models for generation of expressive music

S Moulieras, F Pachet - arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.03606, 2016 - arxiv.org
In the context of contemporary monophonic music, expression can be seen as the difference
between a musical performance and its symbolic representation, ie a musical score. In this …

Temporal dependencies in the expressive timing of classical piano performances

M Grachten, CEC Chacón - The routledge companion to …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter reviews some qualitative aspects of the trained recurrent nonlinear basis model
(RNBMs), revealing some of the temporal dependencies the model has learned. It focuses …

Toward computer-assisted understanding of dynamics in symphonic music

M Grachten, CE Cancino-Chacón… - IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many people enjoy classical symphonic music. Its diverse instrumentation makes for a rich
listening experience. This diversity adds to conductors' expressive freedom to shape the …

[PDF][PDF] The basis mixer: a computational romantic pianist

CEC Chacón, M Grachten - Late-Breaking Demos of the 17th …, 2016 - wp.nyu.edu
In this demonstration, we give an overview of the Basis Mixer, a basis modeling framework
for musical expression in piano music. This framework, which was originally conceived for …