[LAU] [LAD] [Fwd: [Fwd: Re: Improvisor lilypond support!?]]

[Grammostola Rosea]

I've uploaded Improvisor here, so you don't have to subscribe to yahoo 
groups:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ANIZYM07

Maybe someone has a better place for it?

\r



Grammostola Rosea wrote:
> This is an very interesting application, and it is released as GPL 
> software.
> The only drawback on GNU/Linux is that sound is not working very well, 
> at least in my experience:
> http://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=860
>
> I dunno if there is a way to get better sound out of java applications.
> Maybe some devs can help this application with ALSA and/or Jack support?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> \r
>
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> Subject:
> [Fwd: Re: Improvisor lilypond support!?]
> From:
> Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>
> Date:
> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:30:53 +0200
> To:
> lilypond-user <lilypond-user at gnu.org>
>
> To:
> lilypond-user <lilypond-user at gnu.org>
>
>
> I got this reply from the main developer:
>
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> Subject:
> Re: Improvisor lilypond support!?
> From:
> Robert Keller <keller at cs.hmc.edu>
> Date:
> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:17:25 -0700
> To:
> Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>
>
> To:
> Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>
>
>
>
> On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I've found a very interesting application, Improvisor
>>
>> *Impro-Visor* (short for “Improvisation Advisor”) is a music notation 
>> program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos 
>> similar to ones that might be improvised. The objective is to improve 
>> understanding of solo construction and tune chord changes. There are 
>> other, secondary, things it can do, such as improvise on its own. It 
>> has also been used for transcription. Because rhythm-section (e.g. 
>> piano, bass, drums) accompaniment is automatically generated from 
>> chords, Impro-Visor can be used as a play-along device. Now having a 
>> wider array of accompaniment styles 
>> <http://www.cs.hmc.edu/%7Ekeller/jazz/improvisor/Styles.htm>, its use 
>> is not limited to jazz. Distributed with Impro-Visor is "The 
>> Imaginary Book 
>> <http://www.cs.hmc.edu/%7Ekeller/jazz/improvisor/ImaginaryBookIndex.html>", 
>> a chords-only fakebook with chord progressions to about 2500 tunes.
>> http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz/improvisor/
>>
>>
>> Afaik it's GPL software and that makes me dreaming about having 
>> Lilypond functionality in it... It has an midi export function, so 
>> maybe the midi can be converted to lilypond?
>>
>> Are people here working with this application?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> \r
>>
>
> Yes, this is the home of Impro-Visor.
>
> It is GPL.
>
> There is no Lilypond export to speak of, although it should be 
> possible. However, I don't believe I can work on it myself, as there 
> is too much else to do at the moment.
>
> In the next release, we will be redirecting questions to the Yahoo! 
> impro-visor forum and improvisor at cs.hmc.edu will be phased out 
> (because it attracts too much spam).
>
> I'd be happy to answer any other questions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob Keller
>
> Robert Keller
> Csilla & Walt Foley Professor
> Computer Science
> Harvey Mudd College
>
>
>
>
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