MICA: A Hybrid Method for Corpus-Based Algorithmic Composition of Music Based on Genetic Algorithms, Zipf's Law, and Markov Models

An algorithm known as the Musical Imitation and Creativity Algorithm (MICA) that composes stylistic music based on a corpus of works in a given style is presented. The corpus works are digital music scores created from the widely available MIDI format. The algorithm restricts the note placement in c...

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Main Author: Nagelberg, Alan
Other Authors: McNeill, Dean (Computer Engineering)
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/23263