Score generation with L-systems
Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz
Abstract
A new method for algorithmically generating musical scores
is presented and illustrated with examples. The idea is to
produce a string of symbols using an L-system, and to interpret
this string as a sequence of notes. The proposed musical
interpretation of L-systems is closely related to their graphical
interpretation, which in turn associates L-systems to fractals.
Reference
P. Prusinkiewicz: Score generation with L-systems. Proceedings of
the 1986 International Computer Music Conference, pp. 455-457.
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