Exquisite Score : a system for collaborative musical composition

Exquisite Score is a web application which allows users to collaborate on short musical compositions using the paradigm of the parlor game Exquisite Corpse. Through a MIDI-sequencer interface, composers each contribute a section to a piece of music, only seeing a brief fragment immediately preceding their section. Exquisite Score went through many iterations and was tested by several students and musicians. Several short pieces were produced, some of which are included and analyzed here. Exquisite Score succeeds in providing a new way to create collaborative musical compositions that celebrate the novel and creative.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Manesh, Daniel (Daniel M.)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Joseph A. Paradiso and Eran Egozy.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105976

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/105976