Sofcomputing Approach to Melody Generation Based on Harmonic Analysis
Abstract
This work aims to create an ANN-based system for a musical improviser. An artificial improviser of "hearing" music will create a melody. The data supplied to the improviser is MIDI-type musical data. This is the harmonic-rhythmic course, the background for improvisation, and the previously made melody notes. The harmonic run is fed into the system as the currently ongoing chord and the time to the next chord, while the supplied few dozen notes performed earlier will indirectly carry information about the entire run and the musical context and style. Improvisation training is carried out to check ANN as a correct-looking musical improvisation device. The improviser generates several hundred notes to be substituted for a looped rhythmic-harmonic waveform and examined for quality.References
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