• DocumentCode
    1853684
  • Title

    Membership functions in automatic harmonization system

  • Author

    Tokumaru, Masataka ; Yamashita, Kazumi ; Muranaka, Noriaki ; Imanishi, Shigeru

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Eng., Kansai Univ., Osaka, Japan
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    27-29 May 1998
  • Firstpage
    350
  • Lastpage
    355
  • Abstract
    We propose fuzzy reasoning to put harmony to melody in automatic harmonization system. We have been considering the following fuzzy sets and membership functions in the system. The system has two fuzzy sets of “conformability between melody and tonality” as the degree of fitness μA(yn) and “conformability between tonality and relative keys” as the degree of fitness μ T(yn). The degree of fitness μC(y n) for each tonality is obtained from μA(yn) and μT(yn). The system has two fuzzy sets of “conformability between melody and chord” as the degree of fitness μMi(xm) and “validity of chord progression” as the degree of fitness μPi(xm,xi-l). The degree of fitness μQi(xm) for chord in melody i section is obtained from MMi(xm) and μPi(xm, xi-l). μMi(x m) is obtained from three membership functions of μchord-A(note), μchord-B(note) and μchord-C(note) which show an importance to each chord in each note, and μLength(note) which is a relative importance about an existence time of each note, and MMS(note) which shows a relative importance. μPi(xm,xi-l) is obtained from three membership functions of μFC(cm) which shows an importance of each function chord, and μFP(xm) which shows a strength of the dominant motion of the function chord, and μS(xm,xi-l) which shows a progression sense between two neighbor chords. It is shown in the good results that the natural chords, which don´t break the tonality of the music, are achieved
  • Keywords
    fuzzy logic; inference mechanisms; music; automatic harmonization; fuzzy reasoning; fuzzy sets; harmony; melody; membership functions; Artificial intelligence; Auditory system; Automatic generation control; Fuzzy reasoning; Fuzzy sets; Genetic algorithms; Information processing; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Multiple-Valued Logic, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 28th IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Fukuoka
  • ISSN
    0195-623X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-8371-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISMVL.1998.679513
  • Filename
    679513