CinBalada: A multiagent rhythm factory

Pablo Azevedo Sampaio,Geber Ramalho,Patrícia Tedesco

doi:10.1007/bf03192563

Abstract

AbstracCinBalada is a system for automatic creation of polyphonic rhythmic performances by mixing elements from different musical styles. This system is based on agents that act as musicians playing percussion instruments in a drum circle. Each agent has to choose from a database the rhythm pattern of its instrument that satisfies the “rhythmic role” assigned to him in order to produce a collectivelyconsistent rhythmic performance. A rhythmic role is a concept that we proposed here with the objective of representing culture-specific rules for creation of polyphonic performances.

Highlights

Percussive music has its origins in the beginning of music itself but it is still a form of expression found nowadays in many traditional musical cultures around the world: the ensemble taiko drumming, in Japan; the Pungmul, in Korea; samba batucadas and maracatu, in Brazil; and the music produced in many tribes of Africa
The approach which can more naturally simulate percussionists playing in drum circles is the multiagent one; and the Kinectic Engine [7] is a close match for our requirements
The CinBalada system was designed to allow different orchestrations and the user can freely choose which instruments he wants in the performance

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Introduction

Percussive music has its origins in the beginning of music itself but it is still a form of expression found nowadays in many traditional musical cultures around the world: the ensemble taiko drumming, in Japan; the Pungmul, in Korea; samba batucadas and maracatu, in Brazil; and the music produced in many tribes of Africa. In each of these musical cultures, percussion instruments are combined together in different ways, according to culturespecific rules, producing a polyrhythmic performance that carries the identity of that culture. These percussive jam sessions have great potential to produce PQXGN music, in the sense that the music produced does not match one particular cultural identity but it mixes elements of different cultures

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