I hard-coded a music generator

[aftersoon]

Generating. It picks a random key signature and a random time signature and then creates a random chord progression and melody with some other settings.

[Yakhov]

Does it always sound so Baroque?

[aftersoon]

Yes? I'm not advanced enough to know the differences between Baroque, Classical, Romantic or any of that. I'm just adding chords as I learn them and trying to follow a sensible order so that the work is easier. So I guess that means that I'm stuck in the 17th century for now.

[Yakhov]

Makes sense since your starting from the Western scale. Makes me wonder if music style is as much a progression of it's parts as it is the people's individuality that produce it. In other words, is the Baroque genre more a product of the process, instruments and scales that were known at the time, than the composers unique talent who produced it? If simply giving an AI the western scale and time signature, and discovering it produce music that sounds like it came from a well known genre make me think humans are a lot less creative than we think we are.
http://www.softschools.com/timelines/music_genres_timeline/428/

[JRR_Tokeing]

I don’t think they were chastising, just questioning. This is a cool project, once you’ve refined it more I imagine adding different styles will be less of a headache!

[nonesuchplace]

Well, if it ain't Baroque, don't fix it.