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I'm afraid to ask, but what's the lore behind the cello? I'm completely clueless about music, sadly enough.
by mardifoufs 4y ago
I'm afraid to ask, but what's the lore behind the cello? I'm completely clueless about music, sadly enough.
- mcv 4y agoFretless string instruments like the cello and the violin are notoriously hard to even get a good note out of. Beginners just learning to play tend to produce a sound not unlike a cat being strangled. Playing a cello takes real skill. Even producing a single good note takes practice. Whereas on a piano, producing a good note is trivial. The skill comes in playing a complex requiring 10 fingers. So I guess the author of the article expected these new AI systems to be more like a piano, but ue got a cello instead.
- martyvis 4y agoHaving seen my daughter progress from a 4 year old beginner on the cello to eventually playing in a state orchestra and now teaching it, I guess my take is that fundamentally it is a beautiful instrument. It is designed to resonate close to the human voice. But like the voice, there is an infinite amount of variation - on where to press the fingerboard, how to move the bow. Just like learning to speak and sing with articulation takes years of experience. She became extremely proficient, but just giving her a well made cello didn't achieve anything much. It was only with many hours of coaching and practice refining the input based on the output.