Posted: Nov 20, 2015 2:32 pm
by John Platko
Hmmm. no comments on my introducing entropy to the thread ... OK.

We're checking out "cool" mutations of licks. That's is, mutations that don't change the character of the lick too much. We've seen rest mutations. i.e. taking a note and silencing it. Two types of rest mutations were shown. A general note rest and a more targeted rest for the "let" of a triplet.

We can also mutate a lick by swapping note positions: For example:

Can you spot the mutation?

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We can also swap whole triplet positions. e.g.

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Another type of mutation is to split a note into two notes of the same pitch, each with half the duration.
e.g.

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Another type of mutation is to combine two notes into a single note of twice the duration - maybe randomly picking which pitch survives the mutation.

e.g.

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Can anyone suggest any other "cool" mutations?