Keywords

composition, harmonization, creativity, mood

Abstract

Musical harmonization of a given melody is a nontrivial problem; slight variations in instrumentation, voicing, texture, and bass rhythm can lead to significant differences in the mood of the resulting piece. This study explores the possibility of automatic musical composition by using machine learning and statistical natural language processing to tailor a piece to a particular mood using an existing melody.

Original Publication Citation

Heather Chan and Dan Ventura, "Automatic Composition of Themed Mood Pieces", Proceedings of the International Joint Workshop on Computational Creativity, pp. 19-115, 28.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2008-01-01

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/2645

Publisher

Computational Creativity

Language

English

College

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Department

Computer Science

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