Why automatically generate music for sight reading?
A major challenge that any beginning student faces when learning to play a musical instrument is sight reading. Whereas in some instruments each note can be played in only one way, in other instruments, most notably string instruments, each note (except for a few lowest and highest notes of the instrument’s range) can be played on several strings. For example, on the guitar, the note C4 (middle C) can be played on the 1st fret of the 2nd string, or on the 5th fret of the 3rd string, or on the 10th fret of the 4th string, and so on. Consequently, when playing a piece of music on the guitar (or any string instrument), the player must continuously make decisions as for what strings and with which left-hand fingerings to play the upcoming notes. The ability to do this at sight and without pre-reading and preparation is called sight reading. The project described in this report focuses on sight reading for the guitar, although it can be used equally well with any instrument that uses the tr
