Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Learn how to preprocess a song dataset, transposing the songs to Cmaj/Amin and filtering them based on note values. You’ll also get familiar with music21, a Python package that makes symbolic music manipulation quick and intuitive.

Code:
github.com/musikalkemist/generating-melodies-with-rnn-lstm/tree/master/3%20-%20Preprocessing%20dataset%20for%20melody%20generation%20pt%201/code

Slides:
github.com/musikalkemist/generating-melodies-with-rnn-lstm/tree/master/3%20-%20Preprocessing%20dataset%20for%20melody%20generation%20pt%201/slides

Download Kern dataset:
kern.humdrum.org/cgi-bin/browse?l=essen/europa/deutschl

Learn more about Kern/Humdrum:
humdrum.org

Learn more about music21:
http://web.mit.edu/music21/doc/usersGuide/usersGuide_01_installing.html

Set up environment variables with music21:
http://web.mit.edu/music21/doc/moduleReference/moduleEnvironment.html


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