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4. “Play Like A Machine”—Generative Musical Models for Robots

Authors : Gil Weinberg, Mason Bretan, Guy Hoffman, Scott Driscoll

Published in: Robotic Musicianship

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In the previous chapter we discussed a number of approaches that allow Robotic Musicians to “Listen Like a Human” by modeling high level human musical percepts. In this chapter we focus on the second part of our Robotic Musicianship guideline—“Play Like a Machine”. While implementing “Listen Like a Human” modules in Robotic Musicians allow robots to connect to humans in a relatable manner, “Play Like A Machine” modules are aimed at generating novel musical outcomes that are humanly impossible in an effort to surprise and inspire human collaborators.

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previous chapter “Listen Like A Human”—Human-Informed Music Perception Models
next chapter “Be Social”—Embodied Human-Robot Musical Interactions
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This figure shows notes played simultaneously, but this is an artefact resulting from the score editor’s inability to represent the necessary temporal resolution. The generated music is monophonic.
 
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Metadata
Title
“Play Like A Machine”—Generative Musical Models for Robots
Authors
Gil Weinberg
Mason Bretan
Guy Hoffman
Scott Driscoll
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Robotic Musicianship

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-38929-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-38930-7

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38930-7_4

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