Patent ID: 8704071

Claim:
A method for generating musical tones, the method comprising the acts of: generating a plurality of raw data sequences using at least one recursive system implemented by a computing system; and converting, using the computing system, the plurality of raw data sequences into a plurality of sequences of musical tones that follow a set of aesthetic music principles, wherein the act of converting comprises at least one of a and b: a) mapping, using the computing system, the plurality of raw data sequences into a plurality of potential sequences of musical tones, and selecting, using the computing system, sequences of musical tones that follow the set of aesthetic music principles from the plurality of potential sequences of musical tones; b) mapping, according to the set of aesthetic music principles, the plurality of raw data sequences into the plurality of sequences of musical tones, at least one of the aesthetic musical principles including a requirement specifying a characteristic other than (1) pitch duration or (2) a scale or set of scales to which to map.