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This is brilliant- nicely written and a great introduction into a neat approach for generating music. The resulting piece is a very convincing piece of classica
by qrv3w 5y ago
This is brilliant- nicely written and a great introduction into a neat approach for generating music. The resulting piece is a very convincing piece of classical music too! The simplicity in developed Python framework for this kind of music generation is inspiring- I like the functional approach with defined core elements.
Reverse engineering music is hard, music has patterns but it also has patterns of breaking patterns. I think the heuristics here for compostable repetitive elements that repeat, reduce, and elaborate is a neat approach-very fractal-like in a way.
I'm looking forward to reading the other articles submitted by you!
- mannykannot 5y agoYou may also find this interesting, about the composer David Cope, the programs he created, and the way they were received: https://psmag.com/social-justice/triumph-of-the-cyborg-composer-8507 https://psmag.com/social-justice/triumph-of-the-cyborg-compo...
- DennisP 5y agoJust skimmed that so far but it's really interesting. But it seems to me that it takes nothing away from Bach that Cope managed to duplicate his rules in software. Bach's genius was that he invented those rules.
- mannykannot 5y agoI agree. It has been a while since I read the article through, but as far as I can recall, no-one is arguing against Bach's genius.
- mannykannot 5y agoOops! I see Cope was arguing that the great composers were "just clever mathematical manipulators of notes", at least according to the author.
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