Re: statistic analysis of jazz melodies
- From: Randy <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:17:18 -0500
girasko_aei_didaskomenos wrote:
> I am working on an gen. algorithm related to jazz music. In order to
> assign the fitness function I need a statistical analysis of the motifs
> used in jazz. For instance, which rythmic motifs are met in jazz
> melodies and with what frequency. Is there any book or publication
> analyzing and categorizing the motives? For instance, there many books
> about classical music composers(analyzing statistically Bach or
> Beethoven motifs), but are there any for jazz composers(M.Davis,for
> instance)?
> Thanks.
I don't know much about jazz, except that it seems to be driven more by
variations on harmony within chord progressions than by theory's rules
of melody or rhythm. Or maybe it's more accurate to say that jazz
starts where theory ends...
Here's an Amazon booklist on composing Jazz that looks useful:
"So you'd like to... Be a Jazz Composer and Arranger"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/-/2JKKVRW4OZI2I/ref=cm_bg_dp_m_2/002-1568466-7586443
BTW, I assume you've looked at Al Biles' GenJam
(http://www.it.rit.edu/~jab). It sounds a lot like what you're doing.
I'm not sure how it recognizes motifs and then produces its variations,
but apparently it does it pretty well.
Randy
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