Today, as per usual, I spend some time practicing my li'l friend, the ukulele.
In today's lesson, James Hill - a great ukulele player and the teacher that I invested in to learn this instrument - talks about interlaced and synchronous arranging, referring to music playing styles or music composition.
Although I'm pretty good at English, the terminology confused me somewhat, so I decided to research the term 'interlaced'.
Then I remembered OpenAI or ChatAI - an app that I have started using in the last week or so ( see previous posts ) - and decided to try and get my answer there.
The experiment and its result are shown in the following screenshot, but I decided to share it in plain text too.
This was actually my second search result, as I first forgot to add the word 'music' to my question. This led to the AI talking about interlaced video, instead. So I refined my search, like this:
vincentnijman:
what does interlaced mean in music?
ChatGPT bot:
In music, the term "interlaced" can refer to the overlap or intertwining of different melodic or rhythmic elements within a composition. It can also refer to the way in which different musical elements or voices are combined or layered together to create a larger, more complex musical texture.
For example, a piece of music might feature two melodies that are played simultaneously and interlaced with each other, or it might feature a single melody that is played in counterpoint with a harmonic accompaniment, with the different elements interweaving and complementing each other to create a rich and varied musical structure.
In general, interlacing in music refers to the way in which different musical elements are combined and integrated to create a cohesive and harmonious whole.
vincentnijman:
Thank you!
ChatGPT bot:
You're welcome! I'm glad I could help. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
Such a polite bot. Although I read that it can be rude or say hurtful stuff too, every now and then and it can even be 'incorrect'.
Really? ;<)
Here's the disclaimer:
May occasionally generate incorrect information
May occasionally produce harmful instructions or biased content
Limited knowledge of world and events after 2021
Interesting.
To get back to learning about music arrangement, I went back to the video lesson, again, after using ChatGPT and I started to understand it a lot better. I'm sure repetition - and actually sitting in front of the screen, with my ukulele in my hands - helped too.
I like a mix of seeing, reading and listening. Learning with as many senses as possible.
The main character in my stories isn't called 'Hypersensitivosaurus' without a reason. ;<)
I re-read ChatGPT's explanation of 'interlaced music', one more time and it makes sense.
It seems that I learnt something new here, today.
It's interesting how both ways of learning: James Hill's video lessons, that have an explanation in text, underneath the video segment ( not in the video lessons themselves ) plus AI search complement eachother to make me understand something even better.
I realize that I could also have used a search engine but then I would first have to dig through several results ( although I could have picked WikiPedia ), plus I wouldn't be able to actually ask a question, unless it would be posed by someone else, in exactly the same words, on a forum.
Now let me end today's write up with a little story, mixing up today's themes.
This time I went to https://beta.openai.com/playground ,
as I did for my previous two write ups Here's two versions of a new dino story written in an entirely new way and How non-AI intuitive art lead to a semi-AI dino story
I typed in the following:
Write a story about a dino called Hypersensitivosaurus, who plays interlaced music on his ukulele.
This is what the fastest storyteller on earth AI came up with:
Once upon a time, there lived a dinosaur named Hypersensitivosaurus. He was a gentle soul and very sensitive to the world around him. He was also a talented musician and could play the ukulele like no other. His music was special, as he had the ability to play interlaced melodies that were both beautiful and haunting.
Whenever Hypersensitivosaurus played his music, the atmosphere around him changed. People who heard him were mesmerized by the sound and moved to tears by the emotion of it. Even the animals of the land were affected, as the sound of his ukulele seemed to bring them a sense of peace and calm.
Each day, Hypersensitivosaurus would wander the land, playing his ukulele and bringing joy to all who heard him. He was especially fond of the sunsets, and he would often find a spot near the horizon to play his interlaced melodies for the setting sun. As the sun slowly disappeared behind the mountains, the night sky would be filled with the soothing sounds of Hypersensitivosaurus’ music.
Hypersensitivosaurus’ music left a lasting impression on everyone who heard
and that is where it ended.
Let me add the words or felt it to that.
I actually think it's pretty good. It even has a vibe that approaces my storytelling, that without the humor ( as mentioned previously ).
If I weren't such an honest person and hadn't already shared about ChatGPT in my earlier posts, I could just have said that I made up this story and write books in a way quicker way than I usually do but that's not my style.
Let's see where this leads me, I sure start to enjoy this intriguing addition to my learning and creative process and will definitely explore it even further.
It also makes me realize that these stories would be a fun addition to music lessons or to teach people about otherwise boring topics.
TO BE CONVINUED...
P.S. How do you prefer to learn? Video, Audio, Text? A combo? Have you used OpenAI or ChatGPT yet and would you think it could benefit you, in your learning or creative process, one way or another? I'd love to hear your story.