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title: "EVOC: A Music Generating System using Genetic Algorithms"
authors:
  - "Timothy Weale"
  - "Jennifer Seitzer"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2003/207"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2003/0207.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 2003
pages: "1383-1383"
track: ""
keywords:
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# EVOC: A Music Generating System using Genetic Algorithms

Timothy Weale, Jennifer Seitzer

*Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*, pages 1383-1383.

## Abstract

In this work, we present a Genetic Algorithm (GA) system "Evolutionary Counterpoint" (EVOC) that generates contrapuntal music. Counterpoint is the construction of a musical piece by superimposing multiple melodies, indirectly forming an underlying harmonic structure. Here, we include a description of the underlying algorithm, fitness function, and overall system modules.