Blues for Gary: Design Abstractions for a Jazz Improvisation Assistant

Authors

Robert M. Keller, Harvey Mudd CollegeFollow
Martin Hunt '08, Harvey Mudd College
Stephen Jones '07, Harvey Mudd College
David Morrison '08, Harvey Mudd College
Aaron Wolin '07, Harvey Mudd College

Student Co-author

HMC Undergraduate

Document Type

Article

Department

Computer Science (HMC)

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

We describe the design and implementation of a tool to help students learn the art of jazz improvisation. The tool integrates elements of database, AI in the form of automatic melody generation, and human interface design. We describe the philosophy of using several coordinated mini-languages to provide user specifications for various aspects of the tool, including melody and chord representation, styles, melody generation, and other musical knowledge.

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Copyright © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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DOI

10.1016/j.entcs.2007.10.007

Recommended Citation

Robert Keller, Martin Hunt, Stephen Jones, David Morrison, Aaron Wolin, Steven Gomez, Blues for Gary: Design Abstractions for a Jazz Improvisation Assistant, Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, Volume 193, 1 November 2007, Pages 47-60, ISSN 1571-0661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.entcs.2007.10.007. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1571066107005920)