Machine Musicianship

By: Robert Rowe

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Paperback | 30 January 2004

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Musicians begin formal training by acquiring a body of musical concepts commonly known as musicianship. These concepts underlie the musical skills of listening, performance, and composition. Like humans, computer music programs can benefit from a systematic foundation of musical knowledge. This book explores the technology of implementing musical processes such as segmentation, pattern processing, and interactive improvisation in computer programs. It shows how the resulting applications can be used to accomplish tasks ranging from the solution of simple musical problems to the live performance of interactive compositions and the design of musically responsive installations and Web sites. Machine Musicianship is both a programming tutorial and an exploration of the foundational concepts of musical analysis, performance, and composition. The theoretical foundations are derived from the fields of music theory, computer music, music cognition, and artificial intelligence. The book will be of interest to practitioners of those fields, as well as to performers and composers.The concepts are programmed using C++ and Max. The accompanying CD-ROM includes working versions of the examples, as well as source code and a hypertext document showing how the code leads to the program''s musical functionality.

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"Rowe's book is written for the DIY music hacker.... Machine Musicianship could help you turn your old computer into your new bandmate - able to do anything but help you carry your gear to the next gig." - Douglas Geers, Electronic Musician"

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Non-Fiction Arts & Entertainment Music Musical Instruments & Instrumental Ensembles Electronic Musical Instruments Computing & I.T.Computer Science Audio Processing Music Styles & Genres Electronic Music Theory of Music & Musicology Artificial Intelligence

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Machine Musicianship	p. 1
Symbolic Processes	p. 17
Sub-symbolic Processes	p. 93
Segments and Patterns	p. 145
Compositional Techniques	p. 201
Algorithmic Expression and Music Cognition	p. 235
Interactive Improvisation	p. 277
Interactive Multimedia	p. 317
Installations	p. 355
Directions	p. 377
References	p. 381
Index	p. 393
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