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Automatic Music Generation by Deep Learning

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Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, 15th International Conference (DCAI 2018)

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Abstract

This paper presents a model capable of generating and completing musical compositions automatically. The model is based on generative learning paradigms of machine learning and deep learning, such as recurrent neural networks. Related works consider music as a text of a natural language, requiring the network to learn the syntax of the sheet music completely and the dependencies among symbols. This involves a very intense training and may produce overfitting in many cases. This paper contributes with a data preprocessing that eliminates the most complex dependencies allowing the musical content to be abstracted from the syntax. Moreover, a web application based on the trained models is presented. The tool allows inexperienced users to generate automatic music from scratch or from a given fragment of sheet music.

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Acknowledgments

This research work is supported by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid under the education innovation project “Aprendizaje basado en retos para la Biología Computacional y la Ciencia de Datos”, code IE1718.1003; and by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Indystry and Competitiveness under the R&D project Datos 4.0: Retos y soluciones (TIN2016-78011-C4-4-R, AEI/FEDER, UE).

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    Juan Carlos García & Emilio Serrano

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  3. Department of Computing Systems, School of Industrial Engineers at Albacete, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

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García, J.C., Serrano, E. (2019). Automatic Music Generation by Deep Learning. In: De La Prieta, F., Omatu, S., Fernández-Caballero, A. (eds) Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, 15th International Conference. DCAI 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 800. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94649-8_34

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