Computational Intelligence in Music Composition: A Survey

Composing music is an inspired yet challenging task, in that the process involves many considerations such as assigning pitches, determining rhythm, and arranging accompaniment. Algorithmic composition aims to develop algorithms for music composition. Recently, algorithmic composition using artificial intelligence technologies received considerable attention. In particular, computational intelligence is widely used and achieves promising results in the creation of music. This paper attempts to provide a survey on the computational intelligence techniques used in music composition. First, the existing approaches are reviewed in light of the major musical elements considered in composition, to wit, musical form, melody, and accompaniment. Second, the review highlights the components of evolutionary algorithms and neural networks designed for music composition.