- Title
- Exploring cell-based dynamic music composition to create non-linear musical works
- Creator
- Lynch, Samuel; English, Helen; Drummond, Jon; Scott, Nathan
- Relation
- Innovation in Music: Technology and Creativity p. 119-135
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003118817
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- Dynamic Music – music that changes itself according to input – challenges the traditional notion of music as a temporally linear art form and expands music to become more malleable. With the growth of non-linear musical forms within interactive media, there is an opportunity to explore how this concept of dynamic music expands creative opportunities purely in terms of music composition. This research considers opportunities afforded by a novel approach to composing music as a collection of short cells that can be seamlessly sequenced together in different combinations to form changeable musical progressions. Comparable to the audio-based dynamic music approaches commonly found in videogames and other forms of interactive media, this approach is distinguished by its emphasis on seamless sequencing between audio events, re-constructability, category-based musical structure, and absence of any one pre-defined linear progression. We found that creating music in this way allowed the composition to be seamlessly reconstructed in real time to showcase a vast variety of potential musical progressions. Furthering knowledge in this area will aid in the evolution of dynamic music, encourage innovation in digital music making, support additional pathways for creative expression, and lead towards a means of democratising music composition.
- Subject
- dynamic music; art form; musical works; music creation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1502329
- Identifier
- uon:55220
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781003118817
- Language
- eng
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