Methods and Prospects for Human—Computer Performance of Popular Music

Computers are often used in performance of popular music, but most often in very restricted ways, such as keyboard synthesizers where musicians are in complete control, or pre-recorded or sequenced music where musicians follow the computer's drums or click track. An interesting and yet little-e...

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Published in:Computer music journal 2014-07, Vol.38 (2), p.36-50
Main Authors: Dannenberg, Roger B., Gold, Nicolas E., Liang, Dawen, Xia, Guangyu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Autonomous
Computer & video games
Computer music
Human
Human-computer interaction
Joining
Keyboards
Music
Music ensembles
Musical meter
Musical performance
Musical Performance by Computers
Musicians
Performing artists
Popular music
Skills
String instruments
Synthesizers
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Summary:Computers are often used in performance of popular music, but most often in very restricted ways, such as keyboard synthesizers where musicians are in complete control, or pre-recorded or sequenced music where musicians follow the computer's drums or click track. An interesting and yet little-explored possibility is the computer as highly autonomous performer of popular music, capable of joining a mixed ensemble of computers and humans. Considering the skills and functional requirements of musicians leads to a number of predictions about future human—computer music performance (HCMP) systems for popular music. We describe a general architecture for such systems and describe some early implementations and our experience with them.
ISSN:0148-9267
1531-5169
DOI:10.1162/COMJ_a_00238