Automated historical counterpoint improvisation and historical ornamentation (diminutions) based on the practices laid out by Zarlino, Bathe and Morley (16th Century) for writing and dividing (or diminishing/ornamenting) musical canons. With each variation, the algorithm composes a completely new, never-seen-before short musical piece. The algorithm was created in musicological consultations with Jonty Coy (historical Warder Flute player and artistic researcher) as part of my academic response to his presentation at the annual Doctoral Joint Session of the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts, Leiden University (22.03.2024).
Instructions:
To play the sound: Click 'run' or 'open' and click the "Play" button or press 'p' on the keyboard.
To stop the sound: Click the "Stop" button, or press 's' on the keyboard.
To download MIDI file:
- click 'open' below the artwork,
- in the opened window, press 'd' on the keyboard.
Please note that on iOS the sound playback might not work if the device is in mute mode.
Libraries used: VexFlow Tone.js JZZ.js JZZ-MIDI-SMF.js FxHash
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