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Requirements Overview

• Musical production need not be in real time - sections can be generated, then assembled into the whole song
• Song must have a defined end - the user will be able to specify a length in either bars or actual time
  • The length of the song is just an estimate. The software will end the song close to the estimate (within a few bars), but will not sacrafice a "clean" ending to end the song on time.
• The song produced should make musical sense
  • Musical elements such as the following should be utilized whenever possible
    • Simple chord theory
    • Repetition
    • Call and response
    • Structured rhythm
    • Accented beat pattern

Functional Requirements

• User Interface
  • Starting note
  • Key
  • Tempo
  • Stylistic choices and parameters (if any)
• Clock
  • If one clock is used, the clock will be implemented at 4 times the speed of the tempo to allow for 1/16 notes to be accurately represented
  • If multiple clocks are used, one will be implemented for each type of note
  • It would probably be easier to use a single clock with a counter system attached to it
• Data structures
  • See Suff:Algo
• Output
  • Real time or file?