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Re: Improvisor lilypond support!? |
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Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:17:25 -0700 |
On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
Hi,
I've found a very interesting application, Improvisor
*Impro-Visor* (short for “Improvisation Advisor”) is a music
notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear
solos similar to ones that might be improvised. The objective is to
improve understanding of solo construction and tune chord changes.
There are other, secondary, things it can do, such as improvise on
its own. It has also been used for transcription. Because rhythm-
section (e.g. piano, bass, drums) accompaniment is automatically
generated from chords, Impro-Visor can be used as a play-along
device. Now having a wider array of accompaniment styles <http://www.cs.hmc.edu/%7Ekeller/jazz/improvisor/Styles.htm
>, its use is not limited to jazz. Distributed with Impro-Visor is
"The Imaginary Book <http://www.cs.hmc.edu/%7Ekeller/jazz/improvisor/ImaginaryBookIndex.html
>", a chords-only fakebook with chord progressions to about 2500
tunes.
http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz/improvisor/
Afaik it's GPL software and that makes me dreaming about having
Lilypond functionality in it... It has an midi export function, so
maybe the midi can be converted to lilypond?
Are people here working with this application?
Regards,
\r
Yes, this is the home of Impro-Visor.
It is GPL.
There is no Lilypond export to speak of, although it should be
possible. However, I don't believe I can work on it myself, as there
is too much else to do at the moment.
In the next release, we will be redirecting questions to the Yahoo!
impro-visor forum and address@hidden will be phased out
(because it attracts too much spam).
I'd be happy to answer any other questions.
Regards,
Bob Keller
Robert Keller
Csilla & Walt Foley Professor
Computer Science
Harvey Mudd College
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