Harmonic Representations in Symbolic Music Transformers Are Localized and Steerable

An ISMIR 2026 paper shows that symbolic music Transformers (the LLaMA-based Aria model trained on Bach chorales) represent harmonic structure in localized ways, enabling targeted steering of harmony during inference.

2026-10-15 ~ 2026-10-15 · 2 related posts

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