Abstract
This demonstration presents an implementation of a computer-assisted approach to music generation called functional scaffolding for musical composition (FSMC) whose representation facilitates creative combination, exploration, and transformation of musical ideas and spaces. The approach is demonstrated through a program called MaestroGenesis with a convenient GUI that makes it accessible to even non-musicians. Music in FSMC is represented as a functional relationship between an existing human composition, or scaffold, and a generated accompaniment. This relationship is represented by a type of artificial neural network called a compositional pattern producing network (CPPN). A human user without any musical expertise can then explore how accompaniment can relate to the scaffold through an interactive evolutionary process akin to animal breeding.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2012 |
Publisher | University College Dublin |
Number of pages | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781905254668 |
State | Published - Jan 1 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 3rd International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2012 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: May 30 2012 → Jun 1 2012 |
Other
Other | 3rd International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2012 |
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Country/Territory | Ireland |
City | Dublin |
Period | 5/30/12 → 6/1/12 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computational Theory and Mathematics