Is Music Infinite? Exploring the Limits and Possibilities of Musical Creation

Is Music Infinite? Exploring the Limits and Possibilities of Musical Creation

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Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns

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Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns

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Is Music Infinite? Exploring the Limits and Possibilities of Musical Creation

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  1. 1 Introduction
  2. 2 Tempos getting simpler James Brown to 70s disco
  3. 3 Lyrics getting simpler From Pink Floyd to Justin Bieber
  4. 4 Pop songs using the same four chords
  5. 5 Pitch/timbre getting simpler
  6. 6 Classic songs that were covers/sampled other songs
  7. 7 From rock'n'roll to death metal
  8. 8 The shortest note
  9. 9 Infinite music
  10. 10 Shepard tone
  11. 11 Bach's 'The Musical Offering'
  12. 12 Schubert's 'Sonata in B-flat Major'
  13. 13 The Andalusian Muwashahat
  14. 14 Morgenstern & Barlow's Dictionary
  15. 15 Forte numbers
  16. 16 Slonimsky's Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns
  17. 17 John Coltrane's 'Giant Steps', 'A Love Supreme'
  18. 18 Morphospace
  19. 19 How Jimmy Smith played the blues organ
  20. 20 Damien Riehl copyrighting all melodies to protect artists
  21. 21 The Musical Library of Babel + Conclusion
  22. 22 Q&A Session

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