| Description |
vii, 40 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Summary |
"This thesis explores the ability of a computer to arrange music which conforms to the rules of a particular music genre. The motivation for this research was to implement a software package which could be utilized by musicians to reduce the drudgery associated with music arrangement. To realize this goal, the decision was made to focus on four part vocal music. A C++ program was written which would read a melody from a file and produce four part harmony in the style of a protestant church hymn. Roughly 50% of all the chord names generated by the Computerized Arranger of Vocal Music (hereafter referred to as CAVM) were almost identical to the original chords. Eighty-three percent of the chord names generated by CAVM were either identical or very similar to the original chords. Seventeen percent of the chords were significantly different from the original chord. However, in all of the tested songs, the new arrangements sounded good, despite the noticeable differences. The resulting arrangements were not perfect, but they do illustrate that computers can be programmed to arrange music. From this humble beginning, it seems reasonable to predict that in the future computers will be able to arrange music on a much larger and complex scale"--Abstract, page iii. |
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