MetaCompose: A Compositional Evolutionary Music Composer

This paper describes a compositional, extensible framework for music composition and a user study to systematically evaluate its core components. These components include a graph traversal-based chord sequence generator, a search-based melody generator and a pattern-based accompaniment generator. An...

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Published inEvolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design Vol. 9596; pp. 202 - 217
Main Authors Scirea, Marco, Togelius, Julian, Eklund, Peter, Risi, Sebastian
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Springer International Publishing
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Algorithms & data structures
Artificial intelligence
Evolutionary computing
Genetic algorithm
Music generator
User interface design & usability
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ISBN9783319310077
3319310070
ISSN0302-9743
1611-3349
1611-3349
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-31008-4_14

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Summary:This paper describes a compositional, extensible framework for music composition and a user study to systematically evaluate its core components. These components include a graph traversal-based chord sequence generator, a search-based melody generator and a pattern-based accompaniment generator. An important contribution of this paper is the melody generator which uses a novel evolutionary technique combining FI-2POP and multi-objective optimization. A participant-based evaluation overwhelmingly confirms that all current components of the framework combine effectively to create harmonious, pleasant and interesting compositions.
ISBN:9783319310077
3319310070
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-31008-4_14