This paper presents the Unreal Book project which aims at exploring algorithmic generation of jazz lead sheets. Lead sheets are the standard notation format in jazz composition and are collected in many publications, the most relevant being the Real Book. Lead sheet format provides simple constraints (melody and chords) that allow for the application of algorithmic composition techniques based on the formalization of various jazz concepts. A computer-aided solution for the generation of a Real Book-like collection of lead sheets is presented, that takes also into account notation, including visual features that are considered defining of the Real Book. Seven examples of composition applications are shown, ranging from the implementation of jazz-inspired techniques to corpus-driven procedures.

The Unreal Book. Algorithmic Composition for Jazz Lead Sheets

Valle, Andrea
2021-01-01

Abstract

This paper presents the Unreal Book project which aims at exploring algorithmic generation of jazz lead sheets. Lead sheets are the standard notation format in jazz composition and are collected in many publications, the most relevant being the Real Book. Lead sheet format provides simple constraints (melody and chords) that allow for the application of algorithmic composition techniques based on the formalization of various jazz concepts. A computer-aided solution for the generation of a Real Book-like collection of lead sheets is presented, that takes also into account notation, including visual features that are considered defining of the Real Book. Seven examples of composition applications are shown, ranging from the implementation of jazz-inspired techniques to corpus-driven procedures.
2021
18th Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC 2021)
virtual
29/01/2021
Proceedings of the 18th Sound and Music Computing Conference
Axea sas/SMC Network
308
315
978-88-945415-4-0
https://zenodo.org/record/5043186#.Ynk2wnVByV4
Valle, Andrea
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