Title :
Membership functions in automatic harmonization system
Author :
Tokumaru, Masataka ; Yamashita, Kazumi ; Muranaka, Noriaki ; Imanishi, Shigeru
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Kansai Univ., Osaka, Japan
Abstract :
We propose fuzzy reasoning to put harmony to melody in automatic harmonization system. We have been considering the following fuzzy sets and membership functions in the system. The system has two fuzzy sets of “conformability between melody and tonality” as the degree of fitness μA(yn) and “conformability between tonality and relative keys” as the degree of fitness μ T(yn). The degree of fitness μC(y n) for each tonality is obtained from μA(yn) and μT(yn). The system has two fuzzy sets of “conformability between melody and chord” as the degree of fitness μMi(xm) and “validity of chord progression” as the degree of fitness μPi(xm,xi-l). The degree of fitness μQi(xm) for chord in melody i section is obtained from MMi(xm) and μPi(xm, xi-l). μMi(x m) is obtained from three membership functions of μchord-A(note), μchord-B(note) and μchord-C(note) which show an importance to each chord in each note, and μLength(note) which is a relative importance about an existence time of each note, and MMS(note) which shows a relative importance. μPi(xm,xi-l) is obtained from three membership functions of μFC(cm) which shows an importance of each function chord, and μFP(xm) which shows a strength of the dominant motion of the function chord, and μS(xm,xi-l) which shows a progression sense between two neighbor chords. It is shown in the good results that the natural chords, which don´t break the tonality of the music, are achieved
Keywords :
fuzzy logic; inference mechanisms; music; automatic harmonization; fuzzy reasoning; fuzzy sets; harmony; melody; membership functions; Artificial intelligence; Auditory system; Automatic generation control; Fuzzy reasoning; Fuzzy sets; Genetic algorithms; Information processing; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Multiple-Valued Logic, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 28th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Fukuoka
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8371-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISMVL.1998.679513