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 # music-generation
 
-This model is a fine-tuned version of [distilgpt2](https://huggingface.co/distilgpt2) on an unknown dataset.
+This model a trained from scratch version of [distilgpt2](https://huggingface.co/distilgpt2) on a dataset where the text represents musical notes. The [dataset](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/soumikrakshit/classical-music-midi) consists of one stream of notes from MIDI files (the stream with most notes), where all of the melodies were transposed either to C major or A minor. Also, the BPM of the song is ignored, the duration of each note is based on its quarter length.
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+Each element in the melody is represented by a series of letters and numbers with the following structure.
+* For a note: ns[pitch of the note as a string]s[duration]
+  * Examples: nsC4s0p25, nsF7s1p0, 
+* For a rest: rs[duration]:
+  * Examples: rs0p5, rs1q6
+* For a chord: cs[number of notes in chord]s[pitches of chords separated by "s"]s[duration]
+
+The following special symbols are replaced in the strings by the following:
+* . = p
+* / = q
+* # = 
+* - = t
 
 ## Model description