Why AI strugle for theory voicing in song analysis?

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  1. Sacculus

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    I try to figure out PYT of Michael Jackson to look at the exact Greg Phillinganes Rhodes chords and the voicing but none of ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, hook theory and YouTube piano tutorials have the same insight for the answer!?
    It seems difficult to trust someone if you don't have very good ears...
     
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    They're all still very bad a that, yeah. I'm not sure why but I'm dead sure I wouldn't trust them for anything music theory related... maybe music history.
     
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    a LLM probably thinks Beethoven is a Saint Bernard, then will tell you're special for asking.
     
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    Can you try splitting stems, then loading into Melodyne?

    Try splitting stems, then feed to AI?
     
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    Perhaps AI LLMs struggle for theory voicing in a song because it is not actually down to dry mathematical formulae, and even though they cannibalize the physical notes of musicians, they can never digest their souls.

    Perhaps AI LLMs struggle
    For theory voicing in a song
    Because...
    It is not actually down to
    Dry mathematical formulae, and
    Even though they cannibalize
    The physical notes of musicians,
    They can never digest our souls.
     
    Lois Lane, Apr 8, 2026 at 5:42 AM
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