Melody Slot Machine III for Automatic Fingering Saxophone using Servomotors

Masatoshi Hamanaka, Gou Koutaki

Track: Artwork

Keywords: Generative Theory of Tonal Music (GTTM), musical structure, melody generation, automatic fingering

TL;DR: This paper describes the Melody Slot Machine with Automatic Fingering Saxophone, which allows even music novices to control combination of melodies and performances.

Abstract: Melody Slot Machine is a dial with the staves of music displayed on an iPad, which can be rotated to change the melody variations. The melody variations are generated on the basis of the AI-based melody-morphing method and can be partially switched to another variation without any significant change in the overall melody structure and with no musical breakdown. The microcomputer on the Automatic Fingering Saxophone receives the MIDI note from Melody Slot Machine and moves the servomotor so that the fingering corresponds to the note number.

Submission Number: 11