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I asked ChatGPT to write out a G major Ionian scale with three notes per string in guitar tablature notation last night. Mostly cause I was too lazy to do it my

I asked ChatGPT to write out a G major Ionian scale with three notes per string in guitar tablature notation last night. Mostly cause I was too lazy to do it myself. After 7 rounds of me fixing its mistakes, I gave up. It doesn’t really know what it is doing, so I can’t make forward progress. It put two notes on one string, repeated notes from a lower string on a higher, put the scale out of order, and forget previous corrections. Whatever hope I had of saving time was completely lost. I eventually realized the correct thing to do was either make my own charts or just practice them in F like they were made. I’m skeptical that scaling the model up will cause it to learn this, and I don’t consider this a very complex thing to learn. No, I didn’t try GPT4.

stephendause 4y ago
I have tried GPT-3.5 and 4. There is a marked difference. (I have used it do what I think of as simple but nontrivial programming tasks, asked it for recommendations for various products, etc.) GPT-4 still fails for me regularly but not nearly as often as GPT-3.5. I find it useful enough in my daily life to pay $20/month for. So if you did want to try it, you might be surprised.
NiloCK 4y ago
I don't know how much this sort of thing is frowned upon here, but I wrote an article about this scenario recently. http://paritybits.me/disposable http://paritybits.me/disposable tldr: the gpt services will eventually (maybe soon) recognize opportunities to write and run their own bespoke software to provide higher resolution outputs.
nmfisher 4y ago
I have one specific task where GPT-3.5 failed completely, but GPT-4 succeeded spectacularly (generating correctly formatted AutoRig Pro bone mappings in Blender from one armature to another). 4 still fails regularly on a lot on seemingly basic tasks, but it is a noticeable step up from 3.5. As they continue to scale it up, I suggest checking back in every few months to see if the newer versions perform any better.
phoenixreader 4y ago
I just tried it with GPT-4 (temperature set to zero). It worked (according to my limited music knowledge) after two corrections: USER Write a G major ionian scale with three notes per string in guitar tablature notation. If not possible, tell me. ASSISTANT It is possible to write a G major Ionian scale with three notes per string in guitar tablature notation. Here's one way to do it: ``` E|-------------------------------------------------7-8-10- B|--------------------------------------7-8-10----------- G|-----------------------------4-5-7--------------------- D|-----------------4-5-7---------------------------------- A|-------3-5-7------------------------------------------- E|-3-5-7-------------------------------------------------- ``` This pattern can be shifted up and down the neck to play the G major Ionian scale in different octaves. USER There is an error on B string. ASSISTANT Apologies for the error. Here's the corrected G major Ionian scale with three notes per string in guitar tablature notation: ``` E|-------------------------------------------------7-8-10- B|--------------------------------------5-7-8------------ G|-----------------------------4-5-7--------------------- D|-----------------4-5-7---------------------------------- A|-------3-5-7------------------------------------------- E|-3-5-7-------------------------------------------------- ``` This pattern can be shifted up and down the neck to play the G major Ionian scale in different octaves. USER There is an error on E string. ASSISTANT Apologies for the mistake. Here's the corrected G major Ionian scale with three notes per string in guitar tablature notation: ``` E|-------------------------------------------------5-7-8-- B|--------------------------------------5-7-8------------ G|-----------------------------4-5-7--------------------- D|-----------------4-5-7---------------------------------- A|-------3-5-7------------------------------------------- E|-3-5-7-------------------------------------------------- ``` This pattern can be shifted up and down the neck to play the G major Ionian scale in different octaves.
- mattgreenrocks 4y ago
  Much better. I'd handed it an easy problem so I could eventually get it to generate all modes in a 3 NPS pattern rather than doing it myself. > This pattern can be shifted up and down the neck to play the G major Ionian scale in different octaves. Ehhh, there it goes again! You can only shift it 12 frets up to keep the same pattern, else it's no longer G major. :)

stephendause 4y ago

I have tried GPT-3.5 and 4. There is a marked difference. (I have used it do what I think of as simple but nontrivial programming tasks, asked it for recommendations for various products, etc.) GPT-4 still fails for me regularly but not nearly as often as GPT-3.5. I find it useful enough in my daily life to pay $20/month for. So if you did want to try it, you might be surprised.

NiloCK 4y ago

I don't know how much this sort of thing is frowned upon here, but I wrote an article about this scenario recently. http://paritybits.me/disposable http://paritybits.me/disposable tldr: the gpt services will eventually (maybe soon) recognize opportunities to write and run their own bespoke software to provide higher resolution outputs.

nmfisher 4y ago

I have one specific task where GPT-3.5 failed completely, but GPT-4 succeeded spectacularly (generating correctly formatted AutoRig Pro bone mappings in Blender from one armature to another). 4 still fails regularly on a lot on seemingly basic tasks, but it is a noticeable step up from 3.5. As they continue to scale it up, I suggest checking back in every few months to see if the newer versions perform any better.

phoenixreader 4y ago

I just tried it with GPT-4 (temperature set to zero). It worked (according to my limited music knowledge) after two corrections: USER Write a G major ionian scale with three notes per string in guitar tablature notation. If not possible, tell me. ASSISTANT It is possible to write a G major Ionian scale with three notes per string in guitar tablature notation. Here's one way to do it: ``` E|-------------------------------------------------7-8-10- B|--------------------------------------7-8-10----------- G|-----------------------------4-5-7--------------------- D|-----------------4-5-7---------------------------------- A|-------3-5-7------------------------------------------- E|-3-5-7-------------------------------------------------- ``` This pattern can be shifted up and down the neck to play the G major Ionian scale in different octaves. USER There is an error on B string. ASSISTANT Apologies for the error. Here's the corrected G major Ionian scale with three notes per string in guitar tablature notation: ``` E|-------------------------------------------------7-8-10- B|--------------------------------------5-7-8------------ G|-----------------------------4-5-7--------------------- D|-----------------4-5-7---------------------------------- A|-------3-5-7------------------------------------------- E|-3-5-7-------------------------------------------------- ``` This pattern can be shifted up and down the neck to play the G major Ionian scale in different octaves. USER There is an error on E string. ASSISTANT Apologies for the mistake. Here's the corrected G major Ionian scale with three notes per string in guitar tablature notation: ``` E|-------------------------------------------------5-7-8-- B|--------------------------------------5-7-8------------ G|-----------------------------4-5-7--------------------- D|-----------------4-5-7---------------------------------- A|-------3-5-7------------------------------------------- E|-3-5-7-------------------------------------------------- ``` This pattern can be shifted up and down the neck to play the G major Ionian scale in different octaves.

mattgreenrocks 4y ago
Much better. I'd handed it an easy problem so I could eventually get it to generate all modes in a 3 NPS pattern rather than doing it myself. > This pattern can be shifted up and down the neck to play the G major Ionian scale in different octaves. Ehhh, there it goes again! You can only shift it 12 frets up to keep the same pattern, else it's no longer G major. :)