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PRISM is a probabilistic-logical programming language based on Prolog. We present a PRISM-implementation of a general model for polyphonic music, based on Hidden Markov Models. Its probability parameters are automatically learned by running the built-in EM-algorithm of PRISM on training examples. We show how the model can be used as a classifier for music that guesses the composer of unknown fragments of music. Then we use it to automatically compose new music.
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Sneyers, J., Vennekens, J., De Schreye, D. (2005). Probabilistic-Logical Modeling of Music. In: Van Hentenryck, P. (eds) Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages. PADL 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3819. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11603023_5
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