Michael Edwards
Abstract
The composer still composes but also gets to take a programming-enabled journey of musical discovery.
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Index Terms
- Algorithmic composition: computational thinking in music
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George Popescu
Ranging from a short history of music composition to an algorithmic evaluation of art creation, this article captures the essence of both talent and control. It explains how people understood music thousands of years ago, and how music developed into more subtle configurations. The paper shows how algorithms today offer the composer the possibility of embracing an abstract, numerical mindset for generating unimagined musical compositions. One of the key concepts of the paper is based on stochastic and deterministic methods. The author gives extremely relevant examples of algorithmic calculation from the second half of the 20th century, showing how music is created and what listeners expect. These techniques are particularly interesting as a means of illustrating how music is composed. It is also worth knowing how various systems, inspired by artificial intelligence, can generate similar music to that of a given composer. Most notably, the paper includes the author's algorithmic program, slippery chicken , and presents some of its functionalities, such as creating musical structures. This paper clearly demonstrates the creative role of algorithms as applied in music generation, enhancing composers' performances and abilities. Online Computing Reviews Service
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