Re: the latest Performance RNN, discussing their "best sounding" output.
>Note that this isn’t a performance of an existing piece; the model is also choosing the notes to play, “composing” a performance directly. The performances generated by the model lack the overall coherence that one might expect from a piano composition; in musical jargon, it might sound like the model is “noodling”— playing without a long-term structure. However, to our ears, the local characteristics of the performance (i.e. the phrasing within a one or two second time window) are quite expressive.
It's understandable to be encouraged by progress, but to my ears, it's not really expressive other than the first thought that I had when listening to the piece:
"That piano player is having a stroke, somebody should do something to help."
>Note that this isn’t a performance of an existing piece; the model is also choosing the notes to play, “composing” a performance directly. The performances generated by the model lack the overall coherence that one might expect from a piano composition; in musical jargon, it might sound like the model is “noodling”— playing without a long-term structure. However, to our ears, the local characteristics of the performance (i.e. the phrasing within a one or two second time window) are quite expressive.
It's understandable to be encouraged by progress, but to my ears, it's not really expressive other than the first thought that I had when listening to the piece:
"That piano player is having a stroke, somebody should do something to help."