Title
A Genetic Algorithm for Dodecaphonic Compositions
Abstract
In this paper we propose an automatic music composition system for dodecaphonic music based on a genetic algorithm. Dodecaphonic music, introduced by A. Schoenberg, departs from the concept of tonality by considering all 12 notes equally important. Dodecaphonic compositions are constructed starting from a 12-note series, which is a sequence of all the 12 notes; the compositional process uses the starting 12-note series as a seed and builds the music creating new fragments of music obtained by transforming the seed series. The algorithm proposed in this paper automates the compositional process taking a seed series as input and automatically creating a dodecaphonic composition. We have implemented the algorithm and we have run several tests to study its behaviour.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-20520-0_25
EvoWorkshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
new fragment,12-note series,genetic algorithm,compositional process,seed series,dodecaphonic music,automatic music composition system,dodecaphonic composition
Computer science,Musical composition,Artificial intelligence,Tonality,Genetic algorithm
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
6625
0302-9743
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
7
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Roberto De Prisco157455.43
Gianluca Zaccagnino2275.55
Rocco Zaccagnino36417.27