Abstract Computer automatic accompaniment is studied from system viewpoint, and a computer system providing real-time accompaniment for electronic instrument is developed. The system includes two main modules: score-following and real-time accompaniment. To solve score-following problem, a dynamic programming algorithm is proposed based on extended window and reconstruction of matcher. The algorithm can locate input musical notes online in the score when the musical performance is full of errors compared to the score. To improve the quality of real-time accompaniment music, the bar is inducted as the unit of accompaniment and an accompaniment strategy is presented which determines how to add accompaniment online according to the location results. Experiment results demonstrate that the system has high performance in error resistance and real-time accompaniment expression.
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