Hello flowstoners,
the week-end is coming and here is some stuff to read.
As I am currently playing with a sequencer project, the focus of this post is on music theory and automated music composition.
Music in Terms of Science
https://archive.org/details/arxiv-1209.3767The Distance Geometry of Music
https://archive.org/details/arxiv-0705.4085Harmonic materials of modern music; resources of the tempered scale
https://archive.org/details/harmonicmaterial00hansThe diatonic modes in modern music
https://archive.org/details/diatonicmodesinm00vincEthnic Musical Scales
https://archive.org/details/MusicalScal ... cOtherwiseEighty Musical Sentences
https://archive.org/details/eightymusicalsen00macfScales and arpeggios for the pianoforte
https://archive.org/details/scalesarpeggiosf00tayluoftScales, intervals, harmony
https://archive.org/details/scalesintervalsh01haagA primer of modern musical tonality : intended for self-study, as an introduction to the study of harmony
https://archive.org/details/primerofmodernmu00cornSix Techniques for Algorithmic Music Composition
This paper describes six of the techniques used by the programs that compose music for the automated telephone demo. Each algorithm presented seeks to implement a single composition idea well. Combinations of these algorithms have been used as the basis for applications as diverse as a real-time network transmission monitor and an incidental music generator for videotape productions
peterlangston.com/Papers/amc.pdf
Techniques for Algorithmic Composition of Music
This paper is an overview of various techniques used by the author over the last 3 years in the production of computer-generated music. It covers work using semi-random noise, chaotic dynamical systems, contour analysis, and evolutionary programming
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.23.9364&rep=rep1&type=pdf
DISCO: An object-oriented system for music composition and sound design
https://archive.org/details/arxiv-cs0007006This paper describes an object-oriented approach to music composition and sound design. The approach unifies the processes of music making and instrument building by using similar logic, objects, and procedures. The composition modules use an abstract representation of musical data, which can be easily mapped onto different synthesis languages or a traditionally notated score. An abstract base class is used to derive classes on different time scales. Objects can be related to act across time scales, as well as across an entire piece, and relationships between similar objects can replicate traditional music operations or introduce new ones. The DISCO (Digital Instrument for Sonification and Composition) system is an open-ended work in progress.
A Presentation by Dr. Nierhaus on algorithmic composition
recherche.ircam.fr/equipes/repmus/mamux/Nierhaus.pdf
you can access an article by Dr. Nierhaus via
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Ge ... GenerationOne more presentation:
Algorithmic composition: An overview of the field, inspired by a criticism of its methods
hpac.rwth-aachen.de/teaching/sem-mus-15/Deserno.pdf
And another one:
Music Generation and Algorithmic Composition:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~./music/cmsip/sl ... o-comp.pdfA short blog-post with interesting links:
https://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/blog/ ... mposition/and a website with recommended reading + links:
http://music.arts.uci.edu/dobrian/Korea ... adings.htmTOWARDS AFFECTIVE ALGORITHMIC COMPOSITION
https://jyx.jyu.fi/dspace/bitstream/han ... sequence=1AI Methods in Algorithmic Composition: A Comprehensive Survey
Since the 1950s, different computational techniques related to Artificial Intelligence have been used for algorithmic composition, including grammatical representations, probabilistic methods, neural networks, symbolic rule-based systems, constraint programming and evolutionary algorithms. This survey aims to be a comprehensive account of research on algorithmic composition, presenting a thorough view of the field for researchers in Artificial Intelligence.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.0585Grammar Based Music Composition
users.monash.edu/~jonmc/research/Papers/L-systemsMusic.pdf
Algorithmic Composition: Computational Thinking in Music
DRAFT
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/20bf/9 ... 1e0452.pdfA New Composition Algorithm for Automatic Generation of Thematic Music from the Existing Music Pieces
http://www.iaeng.org/publication/WCECS2 ... 08-812.pdfAN EMOTION-BASED METHOD TO PERFORM ALGORITHMIC COMPOSITION
https://jyx.jyu.fi/bitstream/handle/123 ... sition.pdfUniversity of Michigan
Algorithmic Composition as a model of creativity
https://ece.umd.edu/~blj/papers/OrganizedSound.pdfNorwegian University of Science and Technology
An Application of Evolutionary Algorithms to Music: Co-Evolving Melodies and Harmonization
https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream ... sequence=1Swedish Royal Institute of Technology
Algorithmic Composition of Popular Music
https://www.kth.se/social/files/57fcd9f ... %20Jan.pdfTechnical University Berlin
Music Out of Nothing? A Rigorous Approach to Algorithmic Composition by Iannis Xenakis
https://monoskop.org/images/3/38/Hoffma ... s_2009.pdfThe University of Bath
Algorithmic Composition for Flute and Accompaniment
http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~mdv/courses/C ... 2007-8.pdfUniversity of Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR COMPOSING MUSIC
elib.mi.sanu.ac.rs/files/journals/yjor/39/yujorn39p157-177.pdf
Uppsala University Sweden
Algorithmic composition using signal processing and swarm behavior
https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/d ... TEXT01.pdfAnalysis of Generative Music
http://www.ems-network.org/IMG/pdf_Collins.pdfAlgorithmic Composition Methods for Breakbeat Science
https://dmuweb.dmu.ac.uk/documents/tech ... ollins.pdfComputational Intelligence in Music Composition: A Survey
https://www.cs.ccu.edu.tw/~ckting/pubs/tetci2017.pdfPresenting ROBIN - ACM-Software
http://www.smcnetwork.org/system/files/ ... NARIOS.pdfA STUDY OF IMAGE-BASED MUSIC COMPOSITION
https://www.cs.sfu.ca/research/groups/V ... icme08.pdfAlgorithmic Composition of Melodies with Deep Recurrent Neural Networks
-Technical Paper-
https://archive.org/details/arxiv-1606.07251About the number of generators of a musical scale
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https://archive.org/details/arxiv-0909.0039Sequential Complexity as a Descriptor for Musical Similarity
-Technical Paper-
https://archive.org/details/arxiv-1402.6926You all have fun and a good time!
Regards
Phil