Random Walk: A New Method for Aleatoric Musical Composition

Year: 2025 Authors: Ranger Liu

Core claim

Random walks on piece-level and measure-level graphs can generate a structured aleatoric composition and related physical artworks.

Topics

aleatoric composition, random walks, graph-based music, physical process, multi-output artwork

Domains

graph theory, random walks, Markov chains, experimental music, sound art, installation art, score visualization

Methods

mathematical definition, graph construction, random walk sequencing, physical yarn-and-paper procedure, digital image stitching

Media

yarn, paper, piano score, black string, digital composite image

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