definition-history · orio2003-score-following

Score following is the synchronisation of a computer with a performer playing a known musical score. [...] Score following is often addressed as "real-time automatic accompaniment". [...] Many pieces have been composed relying on score following techniques. For instance, at Ircam we can count at least 15 pieces between 1987 and 1997, such as Sonus ex Machina and En echo by Philippe Manoury, and Anthèmes II and Explosante-fixe by Pierre Boulez. [...] At Ircam, the research on score following was initiated by Barry Vercoe and Lawrence Beauregard as soon as 1983. It was continued by Miller Puckette and Philippe Manoury