I'm currently using "ChatGPT Mar 14 Version." Ken
On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 5:15 PM Saul Tobin <saul.james.to...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A practical follow up question: what is currently the largest repertoire of > publicly available Lilypond scores? Ideally, something like the complete Bach > chorales or Mozart piano sonatas. > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 3:43 PM Saul Tobin <saul.james.to...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I've seen some examples of other people succeeding in getting ChatGPT with >> GPT4 to compose simple music in other text based music formats. I've had >> limited success getting it to output Lilypond code. It is able to correctly >> structure the code with a score block, nested contexts, and appropriately >> named variables, and bar checks at the end of each measure. It seems to >> struggle to create rhythms that fit within the time signature beyond >> extremely simple cases. It also seems to struggle a lot to understand what >> octave pitches will be in when using relative mode. >> >> It also seems to have a lot of trouble keeping track of the relationship >> between notes entered in different simultaneous expressions. Just asking it >> to repeat back which notes appear in each voice on each beat, GPT4 >> frequently gives stubbornly incorrect answers about the music it generated. >> This makes it very difficult to improve its output by giving feedback. >> >> I'm curious whether anybody else has tried playing with this. I have to >> imagine that GPT4 has the potential to produce higher quality Lilypond >> output, given some of the other impressive things it can do. Perhaps it >> needs to be provided with a large volume of musical repertoire in Lilypond >> format.
