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Jazz Improvisation System

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The jazz package for java is a software system designed to create improvised jazz solos.  This project began while I was at northwestern as an independent study under Prof. Welland.  It is a fun way to fuse my interests in music and computer science.

It allows users to create:

chord libraries

devices to operate on those chords

relationships between chords and devices

manipulations of those devices

songs based on those devices

Finally, improvisational solos can be generated using these libraries.

It is based off of jazz theory that I've learned, mostly thanks to my studies at Northwestern with Michael Kocour.

Want more information?

View the online demo and tutorial

Browse the source code online

Download the package

Check out my research analysis and other documentation