Title
A Variable Neighborhood Search Algorithm To Generate Piano Fingerings For Polyphonic Sheet Music
Abstract
A piano fingering indicates which finger should play each note in a piece. Such a guideline is very helpful for both amateur and experienced players in order to play a piece fluently. In this paper, we propose a variable neighborhood search algorithm to generate piano fingerings for complex polyphonic music, a frequently encountered case that was ignored in previous research. The algorithm takes into account the biomechanical properties of the pianist's hand in order to generate a fingering that is user-specific and as easy to play as possible. An extensive statistical analysis was carried out in order to tune the parameters of the algorithm and evaluate its performance. The results of computational experiments show that the algorithm generates good fingerings that are very similar to those published in sheet music books.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1111/itor.12211
INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
Keywords
Field
DocType
metaheuristics, OR in music, piano fingering generation, variable neighborhood search, combinatorial optimization
Variable neighborhood search,Computer science,Combinatorial optimization,Artificial intelligence,Piano,Polyphony,Metaheuristic
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
24
3
0969-6016
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.43
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
matteo balliauw140.43
Dorien Herremans25416.22
Daniel Palhazi Cuervo3253.50
Kenneth Sörensen417519.42