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Genetic art is a recent art form generated by computers based on the genetic algorithms (GAs). In this paper, the components of a GA embedded into a genetic art tool named AMUSE are introduced. AMUSE is used to generate improvised melodies over a musical piece given a harmonic context. Population of melodies is evolved towards a better musical form based on a fitness function that evaluates ten different melodic and rhythmic features. Performance analysis of the GA based on a public evaluation shows that the objectives used by the fitness function are assembled properly and it is a successful artificial intelligence application.
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Özcan, E., Erçal, T. (2008). A Genetic Algorithm for Generating Improvised Music. In: Monmarché, N., Talbi, EG., Collet, P., Schoenauer, M., Lutton, E. (eds) Artificial Evolution. EA 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4926. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79305-2_23
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