Computational Invention of Cadences and Chord Progressions by Conceptual Chord-blending

Manfred Eppe, Roberto Confalonieri, Ewen Maclean, Maximos Kaliakatsos, Emilios Cambouropoulos, Marco Schorlemmer, Mihai Codescu, Kai-Uwe Kuehnberger

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We present a computational framework for chord invention based on a cognitive-theoretic perspective on conceptual blending. The framework builds on algebraic specifications, and solves two musicological problems. It automatically finds transitions between chord progressions of different keys or idioms, and it substitutes chords in a chord progression by other chords of a similar function, as a means to create novel variations. The approach is demonstrated with several examples where jazz cadences are invented by blending chords in cadences from earlier idioms, and where novel chord progressions are generated by inventing transition chords.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Twenty-Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2015)
PublisherThe AAAI Press
Number of pages7
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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