This code was used for the following published works:
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Sturm and Ben-Tal, "Taking the Models back to Music Practice: Evaluating Generative Transcription Models built using Deep Learning,” J. Creative Music Systems, Vol. 2, No. 1, Sep. 2017.
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Sturm, Santos, Ben-Tal and Korshunova, "Music transcription modelling and composition using deep learning", in Proc. 1st Conf. Computer Simulation of Musical Creativity, Huddersfield, UK, July 2016.
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Sturm, Santos and Korshunova, "Folk Music Style Modelling by Recurrent Neural Networks with Long Short Term Memory Units", Late-breaking demo at the 2015 Int. Symposium on Music Information Retrieval
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The folk-rnn v1, v2 and v3 Session Books https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2018/01/05/volumes-1-20-of-folk-rnn-v1-transcriptions/
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47,000+ tunes at The Endless folk-rnn Traditional Music Session http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~sturm/research/RNNIrishTrad/index.html
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"Bastard Tunes" by Oded Ben-Tal + folk-rnn (v2) (2017) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdTpPwVfxuXpQ03F398HH463SAE0vR2X8
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"Safe Houses" by Úna Monaghan + folk-rnn (v2) (for concertina and tape, 2017) https://youtu.be/x6LS9MbQj7Y
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"Interpretations of Computer-Generated Traditional Music" by John Hughes + folk-rnn (v2) (for double bass, 2017) https://youtu.be/GmwYtNgHW4g
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"Dialogues with folk-rnn" by Luca Tuchet + folk-rnn (v2) (for smart mandolin, 2017) https://youtu.be/pkf3VqPieoo
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"The Fortootuise Pollo" by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v1) (2017) https://soundcloud.com/sturmen-1/the-fortootuise-pollo-1
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"March to the Mainframe" by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v2) (2017) Performed by Ensemble x.y: https://youtu.be/TLzBcMvl15M?list=PLdTpPwVfxuXrdOyjtwfokrpzfpIlnJc5o Performed by Ensemble Volans: https://soundcloud.com/sturmen-1/march-to-the-mainframe-by-bob-l-sturm-folk-rnn-v2 Score is here: https://highnoongmt.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/twoshortpieceswithaninterlude.pdf
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"Interlude" by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v2) (2017) Performed by Ensemble x.y: https://youtu.be/NZ08dDdYh3U?list=PLdTpPwVfxuXrdOyjtwfokrpzfpIlnJc5o Performed by Ensemble Volans: https://soundcloud.com/sturmen-1/interlude-by-bob-l-sturm-folk-rnn-v2 (synthesized version: https://soundcloud.com/sturmen-1/interlude-synthesised) Score is here: https://highnoongmt.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/twoshortpieceswithaninterlude.pdf
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"The Humours of Time Pigeon" by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v1) (2017) Performed by Ensemble x.y: https://youtu.be/1xBisQK8-3E?list=PLdTpPwVfxuXrdOyjtwfokrpzfpIlnJc5o Performed by Ensemble Volans: https://soundcloud.com/sturmen-1/the-humours-of-time-pigeon-by-bob-l-sturm-folk-rnn-v1 (synthesized version: https://soundcloud.com/sturmen-1/the-humours-time-pigeon-synthesised) Score is here: https://highnoongmt.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/twoshortpieceswithaninterlude.pdf
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"Chicken Bits and Bits and Bobs" by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v1) (2017) https://youtu.be/n-avS-ozrqU Score is here: https://highnoongmt.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/sturm_chicken.pdf
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"The Ranston Cassock" by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v1) (2016) https://youtu.be/JZ-47IavYAU (Version for viola and tape: https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/the-ranston-cassock-take-2/)
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Tunes by folk-rnn harmonised by DeepBach (2017)
- "The Glas Herry Comment" by folk-rnn (v1) + DeepBach (2017) https://youtu.be/y9xJl-ljOuA
- "The Drunken Pint" by folk-rnn (v1) + DeepBach (2017) https://youtu.be/xJyp7vBNVA0
- X:633 by folk-rnn (v2) + DeepBach (2017) https://youtu.be/BUIrbZS5eXc
- X:7153 by folk-rnn (v2) + DeepBach (2017) https://youtu.be/tdKCzAyynu4
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Tunes from folk-rnn v1 session volumes
- "The Cunning Storm" adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm and Carla Sturm (2018) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/the-cunning-storm-a-folk-rnn-v1-original/
- "The Irish Show" adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/11/23/folk-rnn-v1-tune-the-irish-show/
- "Sean No Cottifall" adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/11/11/folk-rnn-v1-tune-sean-no-cottifall/
- "Optoly Louden" adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/07/01/optoly-louden-a-folk-rnn-original/
- "Bonny An Ade Nullway" adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/bobby-an-ade-nullway-a-folk-rnn-v1-tune/
- "The Drunken Pint" adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://youtu.be/omHhyVD3PD8; performed by EECSers (2017) https://youtu.be/0gosLln8Org
- "The Glas Herry Comment" adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://youtu.be/QZh0WSjFFDs; performed by EECSers (2017) https://youtu.be/NiUAZBLh2t0
- "The Mal's Copporim" adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2016) https://youtu.be/YMbWwU2JdLg; performed by EECSers (2017) https://youtu.be/HOPz71Bx714
- "The Castle Star" adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2015) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/deep-learning-for-assisting-the-process-of-music-composition-part-2/
- "The Doutlace" adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2015) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/deep-learning-for-assisting-the-process-of-music-composition-part-1/
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Tunes from the folk-rnn v2 session volumes
- Transcriptions 1469, 1470 & 1472 performed by Torbjorn Hultmark (2016) https://youtu.be/4kLxvJ-rXDs
- X:488 performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://youtu.be/QWvlnOqlSes; performed by EECSers (2017) https://youtu.be/QWvlnOqlSes
- X:4542 adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/10/06/folk-rnn-v2-tune-4542/
- X:2857 adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm and Carla Sturm (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/12/02/folk-rnn-v2-tune-2857/
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Tunes from the folk-rnn v3 session volumes
- "The 2714 Polka" adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/09/10/the-2714-polka-a-folk-rnn-original/
- X:1166 Performed by Weltsauerstoff (2018) https://soundcloud.com/weltsauerstoff/1166-conquest-of-brittany
- X:1166 adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/folk-rnn-v3-tune-1166/, https://youtu.be/avxXRNJvUMk (2018)
- X:1650 adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/09/17/folk-rnn-v3-tune-1650/
- X:6197 adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/folk-rnn-v3-tune-6197/
- X:8589 (A Derp Deep Learning Ditty) adapted and performed by Bob L. Sturm (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/10/08/a-derp-deep-learning-ditty/
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"Why are you and your 6 million parameters so hard to understand?" by folk-rnn (v2) and Bob L. Sturm (2018) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2018/01/21/making-sense-of-the-folk-rnn-v2-model-part-8/
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"Two Burner Brew No. 1" by folk-rnn (v2) and Bob L. Sturm and Carla Sturm (2018) https://soundcloud.com/sturmen-1/two-burner-brew-no-1
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"A Windy Canal" by folk-rnn (v2) and Bob L. Sturm (2018) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/making-sense-of-the-folk-rnn-v2-model-part-6/
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"Swing Swang Swung" by folk-rnn (v2) and Bob L. Sturm (2018) https://youtu.be/Y_DBRg6SK7E (analysis here: https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/making-sense-of-the-folk-rnn-v2-model-part-5/ )
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"Experimental lobotomy of a deep network with subsequent stimulation (2)" by folk-rnn (v2 with lobotomy) and Bob L. Sturm, Carla Sturm (2018) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/making-sense-of-the-folk-rnn-v2-model-part-7/
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"The Millennial Whoop Reel" by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v2) (2016) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/millennial-whoop-with-derp-learning-a-reel/
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"The Millennial Whoop Jig" by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v2) (2016) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/millennial-whoop-with-derp-learning/
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"Eight Short Outputs ..." by folk-rnn (v1) + Bob L. Sturm (2015) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/eight-short-outputs-now-on-youtube/
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"Carol of the Cells" by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v2) (2017) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/12/16/carol-of-the-cells-from-the-ai-to-the-orchestra/
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"It came out from a pretrained net" by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v2) (2016) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2016/12/24/taking-a-christmas-carol-toward-the-dodecaphonic-by-derp-learning/
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“We three layers o’ hidd’n units are” by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v2) (2015) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2015/12/16/tis-the-season-for-some-deep-carols/
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"The March of Deep Learning" by Bob L. Sturm + folk-rnn (v1) (2015) https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/deep-learning-for-assisting-the-process-of-music-composition-part-4/
- March 31 2017, ‘Machine folk’ music composed by AI shows technology’s creative side, The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/machine-folk-music-composed-by-ai-shows-technologys-creative-side-74708)
- Dec. 23 2017 "AI Has Been Creating Music and the Results Are...Weird" PC Mag (http://uk.pcmag.com/news/92577/ai-has-been-creating-music-and-the-results-areweird)
- Nov. 18, 2017 Le Tube avec Stéphane Bern et Laurence Bloch, France https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQQER9479Xk
- June 3 2017, "An A.I. in London is Writing Its Own Music and It Sounds Heavenly" https://www.inverse.com/article/32276-folk-music-ai-folk-rnn-musician-s-best-friend
- June 8 2017, "Computer program created to write Irish trad tunes" http://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/computer-program-created-to-write-irish-trad-tunes-1.3112238
- June 19 2017 "Folk-RNN is the Loquantur Rhythm artist of June" (providing music for phone call waits) https://zc1.campaign-view.com/ua/SharedView?od=11287eca6b3187&cno=11a2b0b20c9c037&cd=12a539b2f47976f3&m=4 (Here is a sample: https://highnoongmt.wordpress.com/2017/06/17/deep-learning-on-hold/)
- June 18 2017, "Real Musicians Evaluate Music Made by Artificial Intelligence" https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/irish-folk-music-ai
- Feb. 28 2018, "Is music about to have its first AI No.1?" https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/0c3dc8f7-4853-4379-b0d5-62175d33d557
- June 1 2017, "Can an AI Machine Hold Copyright Protection Over Its Work?" https://artlawjournal.com/ai-machine-copyright/
- May 26 2017 The Daily Mail named our project "Bot Dylan" (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4544400/Researchers-create-computer-writes-folk-music.html), and then didn't even link to this page. Plus the video they edited has no computer-generated music in it. Well done!
- April 13 2017 “Eine Maschine meistert traditionelle Folk-Music” http://www.srf.ch/kultur/netzwelt/eine-maschine-meistert-traditionelle-folk-music