Recurrent Neural Networks for Melody Generation

How to Run:

• This repo contains four main Python files:

      train_pitch.py

      train_duration.py

      gen_pitch.py

      gen_duration.py

• First, the necessary packages must be installed: pip install -r requirements.txt.
• Generating melodies from existing pre-trained weights:
  • To generate a melody with the Gen-pitch system based on the existing pre-trained weights, run: python src/gen_pitch.py.
  • To generate a melody with the Gen-duration system based on the existing pre-trained weights, run: python src/gen_duration.py.
• Training the models:
  • To train the Gen-pitch system, run: python src/train_pitch.py. A melody can then be generated using the command given above.
  • To train the Gen-duration system, run: python src/train_duration.py. A melody can then be generated using the command given above.
  • N.B. You will have to change the name of the weights file in gen_pitch.py or gen_duration.py to the filename of the weights you just trained.
• N.B. The melody files generated by gen_pitch.py and gen_duration.py are MIDI files. In order to listen to them, you can use the EXE file included in the repo, called MidiPlayer.exe. This is a small program that facilitates listening to MIDI files.
• If you would like to learn more about how these melody generation systems work, please see the report included in this repo.