This is going to be a unique post as I get to post it on both my professional and musical blog. This summer I decided to experiment with Artificial Intelligence and apply it to musical improvisation. Artificial Intelligence is the buzzword everyone seems to use these days – some with awe, some with curiosity, some…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
My Musical Experiments with Artificial Intelligence – Part 2
Published Material on AI and Neural Networks Theoretical foundation of Artificial Neural Networks is nothing new. As a discipline, theoretical framework of AI has been existence in Computer Science since 1960s. However, recent scaling in compute power enables these frameworks to be put in practice to produce something meaningful. cars.mit.edu Anyone who wants to learn…
My Musical Experiments with Artificial Intelligence – Part 3
Tabla Basics Tabla is a north Indian percussion instrument. It comprises of two drums played together. The smaller drum produces various main sounds while the bigger drum produces accents and modulations. Tabla is a unique percussion instrument and can produce extremely rich and advanced percussion improvisations. This is so because like human languages, Tabla has…
My Musical Experiments with Artificial Intelligence – Part 4
Improvisation on tabla strikes a delicate balance between the two things – Artistic improvisation within a rhythmic cycle itself. For example, within Teentaal, the tabla player is free to play variations as they sound aesthetically pleasing Taking influences – mostly rhythmic – from the lead musician and producing them on the tabla A good tabla…