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

Eppe, Manfred; Confalonieri, Roberto; Maclean, Ewen; Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, Maximos A.; Cambouropoulos, Emilios; Schorlemmer, W. Marco; Codescu, Mihai; Kühnberger, Kai-Uwe

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

Manfred Eppe, Roberto Confalonieri, Ewen Maclean, Maximos A. Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, Emilios Cambouropoulos, W. Marco Schorlemmer, Mihai Codescu, Kai-Uwe Kühnberger

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Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Special Track on Artificial Intelligence and the Arts. Pages 2445-2450.

Abstract

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.

Manfred Eppe, Roberto Confalonieri, Ewen Maclean, Maximos A. Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, Emilios Cambouropoulos, W. Marco Schorlemmer, Mihai Codescu, and Kai-Uwe Kühnberger. 2015. Computational Invention of Cadences and Chord Progressions by Conceptual Chord-Blending. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI-15. IJCAI, 2445–2450. https://ijcai.org/proceedings/2015/346

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  title     = {Computational Invention of Cadences and Chord Progressions by Conceptual Chord-Blending},
  author    = {Eppe, Manfred and Confalonieri, Roberto and Maclean, Ewen and Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, Maximos A. and Cambouropoulos, Emilios and Schorlemmer, W. Marco and Codescu, Mihai and Kühnberger, Kai-Uwe},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth International Joint Conference on
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  publisher = {International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence},
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