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Autre Publication Scientifique Année : 2023

Composing with tablature software: an inquiry

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The TABASCO project (TAblature ASsisted COmposition, ANR 2022-2026) aims at elaborating algorithmic tools to assist musicians of various skills and profiles in the task of composing and writing guitar tablatures in popular music genres, from helping beginners to expanding the creative horizon of seasoned composers. They will be implemented as plugins within tablature software, such as Guitar Pro or MuseScore. Although mostly grounded in computer science, TABASCO includes a musicology and social sciences component that aspire to cast light on composition practices with tablature software, thus refining the specification of plugins that will be developed. Very little is known, in fact, about how digital tools for music notation may reshape the creative process, yet there is no doubt that technology played an important role in reconfiguring music creation (Théberge 1997; Hugill 2008). In light of instrumental affordances (De Souza 2017; Jensenius 2022)—the fact that the materiality of music instruments facilitate some gestures and playing styles, while limiting or banning other—, we argue that software environments may encourage composers to develop specific workflows and come up with methods for managing various tasks and tools (both physical and digital), thus affecting the course of action during composition and eventually, the final piece of music. This communication will first give an overview of the TABASCO project and the issues at stake, and present our hypotheses on music composition through the lens of guitar and tablature software. It will then give insights on our tools and methodology: an online survey and upcoming semi-structured interviews with a dozen guitarists using tablature software, which should both provide unparalleled access on how these are perceived and used during the composition process. Finally, an account of the first results of the survey will be shared, along with further leads for the next steps of this work.
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hal-04432306 , version 1 (01-02-2024)

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Baptiste Bacot. Composing with tablature software: an inquiry. 2023. ⟨hal-04432306⟩
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