New Software Program Puts an Orchestra at Your Fingertips
Music + One seeks to guide the soloist through a complete concerto experience
When Sofya Norman attended Indiana University’s Summer String Academy, one of the highlights was playing the Mendelssohn violin concerto with an orchestra. “It was really great,” says Norman, a ninth grader who lives in Ft. Collins, Colorado. “It actually followed me, even when I slowed down or went faster.”
Norman’s orchestra was not a live ensemble, but a computer program. This software, called Music + One, applies speech- recognition technology to music performance. A modernized relative of Music Minus One, in which the musician plays along with a recording that is missing one particular instrument, Music + One differs in that it has the ability to follow a soloist, make predictions based on what a soloist has done in the past, and improve its accuracy through multiple rehearsals.
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