Automatic orchestration for automatic composition

Abstract

The automatic orchestration problem is that of assigning instruments or sounds to the notes of an unorchestrated score. This is related to, but distinct from, problems of automatic expressive interpretation. A simple algorithm is described that successfully orchestrates scores based on analysis of one musical structure - the "Z-chain." Copyright © 2012, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (www.aaai.org). All rights reserved.