AI and music theory

[DaPhotoGuy66]

AI is a handy tool for many things. Of course it's really bad at doing certain things and you always have to double check anything it says because it can screw up quite a lot. But I have found one thing that it's actually pretty solid at. Assisting you with music theory.

Last night I was working on a song in the key of G# minor. At a certain point in the progression I just couldn't seem to find the right chord to fit. Everything I tried just sounded a little off. So I pulled up my AI and described to it what I was doing and where I was hitting a wall. It immediately told me why it thought I was hitting a wall at that cord and why the cords that I tried probably didn't sound right. It then provided a variety of chords it thought might fit the mood. Some were just too hard for me to switch to at that point in the song. Some where just gymnastics on the fretboard. But it's suggestions did finally resolve in what I wanted to play. It helped me get to what I wanted. This definitely isn't AI writing music it's using AI as a tool to help you right music.

Has anyone else used it for this sort of purpose and what are your thoughts on it?

 

[paisleywookiee]

Who's Al?

 

[mbenigni]

I wish AI would get back to the one and only thing it was ever meant for: spellchecking.

 

[James Freeman]

@DaPhotoGuy66
Quick, answer this question:
If I put a coin on a piece of paper on a table, then put a cup over the paper (with the open side towards the paper) and THEN slowly slide the cup off the edge of the table, what will happen to the piece of paper if my mildly corroded strings don't like lemon juice?

 

[JiveTurkey]

 

[FuzzyAce]

it's using AI as a tool to help you right music.

What if I want to wrong music?

 

[mbenigni]

What if I want to wrong music?

Play a cord that doesn't fit.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Play a cord that doesn't fit.

Jazz

 

[mbenigni]

Jazz

"Cord" that doesn't fit.

(In case you overlooked my pedantry. Which would be something of a feat, after all these years. )

 

[FuzzyAce]

"Cord" that doesn't fit.

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(In case you overlooked my pedantry. Which would be something of a feat, after all these years. )

I got it the first go around.

 

[DaPhotoGuy66]

Hey I just want to say thanks to all of you for your delightful responses. Your insights have been enlightening and oh so useful. I knew there was a reason I came to such a great forum. I knew I could get information and learn from the wellspring of wisdom here.

 

[Gothi]

Cannot see any crime in letting the AI suggest a chord. Hardly the same thing as prompting a whole piece you can call your own for a subscription price. Though I do wonder why you got stucked. If a melody is the basis for choice of chords, there should be several options in a progression that work and apply different moods. Reading a little about modal interchangement could inspire you too.

 

[DaPhotoGuy66]

Cannot see any crime in letting the AI suggest a chord. Hardly the same thing as prompting a whole piece you can call your own for a subscription price. Though I do wonder why you got stucked. If a melody is the basis for choice of chords, there should be several options in a progression that work and apply different moods. Reading a little about modal interchangement could inspire you too.

I've focused so much of my time through my life memorizing and figuring out how to use the modal scale patterns for soloing that I've spent almost no time learning chords and how to use them. Definitely a weakness of mine. I have seriously been thinking of taking lessons. I'm almost 60 years old but it would be enlightening.