{"id":326717,"date":"2016-11-23T16:06:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T00:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&p=326717"},"modified":"2021-05-09T12:03:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T19:03:26","slug":"mysong-automatic-accompaniment-vocal-melodies","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/mysong-automatic-accompaniment-vocal-melodies\/","title":{"rendered":"MySong: Automatic Accompaniment for Vocal Melodies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to Give MySong a Try?<\/strong><\/p>\n

MySong is now Songsmith; you can download a free trial (or the full version, if you\u2019re a teacher who wants to use it in your classroom) at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/songsmith (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Happy Songsmith\u2019ing!<\/p>\n

Like to Write Music?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most folks never get a chance to answer this question, since writing music takes years of experience… if you don\u2019t play an instrument or spend lots of time around music, you\u2019ll probably never get to write a song.<\/p>\n

MySong, introduced in our CHI 2008 paper, automatically chooses chords to accompany a vocal melody, allowing a user with no musical training to rapidly create accompanied music. MySong is a creative tool for folks who like to sing but would never get a chance to experiment with creating real original music. Come on, you know who you are… you sing in the car, or in the shower, or you go to karaoke clubs, or you just once in a while find yourself singing along with catchy commercial jingles. MySong is also a great tool for songwriters who want to quickly experiment with melodies and accompaniments.<\/p>\n

Our CHI 2008 paper: [ pdf (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> ]<\/p>\n

Our AAAI 2008 paper: [ pdf (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> ]<\/p>\n

Our CHI 2008 paper discusses the system at a high level and presents an evaluation of the system; our AAAI paper focuses on (a) a formal, mathematical description of our chord-generation and pitch-tracking systems and (b) additional mechanisms we use to intuitively expose model parameters to users.<\/p>\n

Video:<\/strong><\/p>\n