Examples: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary
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- On this page are three examples that show the potential for DM-D applied to different musical styles: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary (recreation of a piano study by G. Ligeti). We recommend downloading all the files in each instance. Then, try to make changes and evaluate how they affect the outcome. To do this, the files must be copied to the DM-D Working Folder.

- Finale has been used as editor of music examples. So, sequences and harmony files in this format are included. However, they can be handled with other editors (such as Sibelius or freeware MuseScore) through XML files.

- The scores shown in the examples are those produced by the program, with no modification or arrangement. As described in other sections, the output is in MidiFile format. This means that, although the sound is right, when displaying the score in an editor the accidentals can mistakenly appear changing flats by sharps, and vice versa.

- You should also bear in mind that, if you perform the examples execution with DM-D, the result will be very similar but not identical to that shown in them. This is because Composer programming includes random values, which vary each time you run DM-D.

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Example 1: Baroque Prelude
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- This example recreates the Baroque style, through a small prelude. It is based on 2 motivic cells that you can see in the sequence file. Harmony fits into the usual Baroque, with modulations to relative tonalities.

Composer Programming
Sheet
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Score without harmonizing
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Example 2: Classical-Romantic Waltz
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- The classical-romantic style is recreated in this example with a simple waltz. Its programming is more compact but also more complex than in the baroque example, as it makes use of sequences to control the musical form itself. The harmony is quite chromatical, according to romantic style.

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Programming
Sheet
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Score without harmonizing
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SCORE


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Example 3: Contemporary Music - G. Ligeti Piano Study
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- This last example reconstructs the first 25 measures of a work by composer G. Ligeti, who died in 2006. It is the Piano Study No. 8 Fem. Obviously, the reconstruction is never equal (and it is always better version of Ligeti!), but comes close enough for a clear recognition.

- In this case the not harmonized score and the harmonized one are virtually identical because, as you can see in harmony programming, harmonizing affects only a few measures (6 to 11), focusing on the diatonic color in a scale with only one sharped note.
 

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Programming
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