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A Machine Learning Approach for MIDI to Guitar Tablature Conversion
Maximos Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, Gregoris Bastas, Dimos Makris, Dorien Herremans, Vassilis Katsouros, Petros Maragos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10619

A Machine Learning Approach for MIDI to Guitar Tablature Conversion
Guitar tablature transcription consists in deducing the string and the fret number on which each note should be played to reproduce the actual musical part. This assignment should lead to playable string-fret combinations throughout the entire track and, in general, preserve parsimonious motion between successive combinations. Throughout the history of guitar playing, specific chord fingerings have been developed across different musical styles that facilitate common idiomatic voicing combinati…