The Music Thread

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"...a sort of Geppetto creating his musical Pinocchio."

Musical robot composes, performs and teaches
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/10/03/musical.robot/index.html

... has numerous musical algorithms programmed into it, Haile's basic function
is to "listen" to what musicians are playing and play along with them.
(Watch as Haile keeps the beat -- 5:11)

The basic level is to teach it to learn to identify music, to imitate," Weinberg said.

"The higher level is stability of rhythm, to be able to distinguish between similar rhythms.

In essence, Haile has the ability to recognize if a rhythm is more chaotic or stable,
and can adjust its playing accordingly."