Computational musicology: An Artificial Life approach

Coutinho, Eduardo, Gimenes, Marcelo, Martins, Joao M and Miranda, Eduardo R (2005) Computational musicology: An Artificial Life approach. In: 2005 Purtuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2005-12-5 - 2005-12-8.

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Abstract

Artificial Life (A-Life) and Evolutionary Algorithms (EA) provide a variety of new techniques for making and studying music. EA have been used in different musical applications, ranging from new systems for composition and performance, to models for studying musical evolution in artificial societies. This paper starts with a brief introduction to three main fields of application of EA in Music, namely sound design, creativity and computational musicology. Then it presents our work in the field of computational musicology. Computational musicology is broadly defined as the study of Music with computational modelling and simulation. We are interested in developingA-Life-based models to study the evolution of musical cognition in an artificial society of agents. In this paper we present the main components of a model that we are developing to study the evolution of musical ontogenies, focusing on the evolution of rhythms and emotional systems. The paper concludes by suggesting that A-Life and EA provide a powerful paradigm for computational musicology.

Item Type:	Conference Item (Unspecified)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	artificial life, music, computational musicology, synchronization and evolution of rhythm, musical ontogensis, emergence of emotion
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	11 Aug 2016 10:55
Last Modified:	22 May 2025 20:50
DOI:	10.1109/EPIA.2005.341270
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3002895