How cool would it be if you could sing a catchy melody and in less than ten minutes, your computer could suggest chords to back up your tune? Recent research at Microsoft, called MySong, is aiming towards developing a system that can do just that.
ReadWriteWeb’s article today on this innovative project caught my eye and I must say– as a (very) amateur composer/songwriter myself, wow! Oftentimes the trickiest part of a song to arrange is the chords, especially since most listeners tend to focus on the melody line rather than chords or bass (and thus have less experience working with those layers). Using this MySong technology to generate ‘chord recommendations’ could really help set everyone’s budding musician free.
(Shame it’s a Microsoft technology– I have a feeling it’d be absolutely killer integrated into GarageBand!)
Keep an eye on MySong, because it’s going to be hot. In the meantime, though, why don’t you make sure you’ve friended me on Twitter?
