Composition of piano minuets in early classical style takes an intermediate position between restricted and free problems of computerized composition. One of its distinct features is that microstructure (i.e. relations between notes), macrostructure (i.e. relations between larger parts), and their interdependencies have to be dealt with. In this paper, we describe a method for rule-based note by note composition of minuet melodies, which considers harmonic and structural descriptions given as prerequisite. We also present 16-bar examples composed by the algorithm in the chord-based and the scale-based melody type with different parameter settings. The algorithm uses explicit knowledge about the composition. The paper describes sources of knowledge such as literature (especially period (historic) literature) and human experts.
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