Improvement of Automatic Composition System Based on Melodic Outlines and Impression Words

The purpose of this paper is to compose music satisfying selected ambience on intended melody easily, and to get satisfaction of self-making. The targets are beginners of music theory and some music experience. To achieve those purposes, an automatic composition system, which takes impression words and melodic outlines as inputs has been proposed. The paper revises this system. The revised system makes several arranges and modification to the initial melody based on the music theory, and gives a side melody by the shape of a line. It is experimentally clarified that the music composed by the system is satisfactory, and their moods fit to the impression words specified.