Date of Award
8-1-2010
Document Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Organizational Unit
Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science
First Advisor
Chris Gauthier-Dickey, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Mario Lopez, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Susan Sherba
Fourth Advisor
Ronald DeLyser
Keywords
Computer generated music, Musical aesthetic, Music composition
Abstract
Composing music with computers in constrained search environments adds complexities and problems not present in the traditional problem domain of generative music. The traditional and well researched mechanisms of Markov chains, genetic algorithms and data driven rule based systems do not directly map to a problem domain in which pitch choice and rhythm choice are likely to be highly limited.
We therefore explore several possible solutions to generating rhythms in extremely constrained environments with the goal of generating music that adheres to user specified constraints and is aesthetically pleasing.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Jeff Keene
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
86 p.
Recommended Citation
Keene, Jeffrey, "Composing Music in Constrained Search Environments" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 330.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/330
Copyright date
2010
Discipline
Computer science, Music