Probability-based Approaches to Modern Music Composition and Production
Probability-based Approaches to Modern Music Composition and Production
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Date
2023-12
Authors
Miksa, Dalton
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University Honors College, Middle Tennessee State University
Abstract
Probability-based Approaches to Modern Music Composition and Production is a
creative project that recontextualizes traditional aleatoric and generative music
techniques through a modern, digital lens. An overview of the histories of aleatoric and
generative music provide a foundation for this project’s creative experimentation, as does
an analysis of each genre’s forms and notable works. This project’s outcome consists of
three songs that embrace aleatoric and generative principles in different ways. An
analysis of each song deconstructs their use of these experimental techniques in an
electronic Digital Audio Workstation and what challenges creating modern aleatoric and
generative music pose to modern composers.