A new recurrent-network-based music synthesis method for Chinese plucked-string instruments - Pipa and Qin

A new recurrent-network-based synthesis technique for general plucked-string instruments is proposed. If is expected that the proposed technique can serve as a synthesis model as well as a systematic parameter-searching engine such that the synthetic tones can sound as close to the recorded tone as possible. Two traditional Chinese plucked-string instruments, Pipa and Qin, are introduced. A multi-stage training procedure and an improved training algorithm for the determination of synthesis parameters and excitation signal are presented. The analysis/synthesis results of the two Chinese traditional plucked-string instruments considered are shown.