A tool for composing short music pieces by means of breeding

Author

Unemi, Tatsuo ; Nakada, Eiichi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Syst. Sci., Soka Univ., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3458

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a support system for music composition based on simulated breeding, which is a type of interactive evolutionary computing optimization technique. In our prototype system, named Sbeat (Simulated Breeding Evolutionary Algorithm Tool), each individual in the population is a short music section of 16 beats including three parts guitar, bass and drums. The melody and rhythm are generated by a type of recursive algorithm. from genetic information. To select the favorite piece among the scores displayed on the screen, the user listens to the sounds and decides which should be the parents to reproduce offspring in the next generation. Embedding some domain-specific functions, we can build a useful tool to make it easier for a beginner to compose his/her favorite music pieces

Keywords

genetic algorithms; interactive systems; music; MIDI application; Sbeat; bass; domain-specific functions; drums; evolutionary algorithm; favourite music piece selection; genetic information; guitar; interactive evolutionary computing; interactive optimization technique; melody generation; music composition support system; music parts; musical beats; musical scores; prototype system; recursive algorithm; rhythm generation; short music pieces; simulated breeding; Computational modeling; Design optimization; Genetics; Graphics; IEC standards; Information systems; Multiple signal classification; Prototypes; Rhythm; Stochastic processes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7087-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2001.972055

Filename

972055