Methods and Prospects for Human-Computer Performance of Popular Music

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Methods and Prospects for Human-Computer Performance of Popular Music

Dannenberg, RB; Gold, NE; Liang, D; Xia, G; (2014) Methods and Prospects for Human-Computer Performance of Popular Music. COMPUTER MUSIC JOURNAL , 38 (2) 36 - 50. 10.1162/COMJ_a_00238. Green open access

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Abstract

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.

Type:	Article
Title:	Methods and Prospects for Human-Computer Performance of Popular Music
Open access status:	An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI:	10.1162/COMJ_a_00238
Publisher version:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/COMJ_a_00238
Language:	English
Additional information:	© 2014 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
UCL classification:	UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
URI:	https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1436874