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		DanBC on June 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I analyzed the chords to 1300 popular songs for pa... I'd love to hear a Markov chain. I don't think it'd be pleasant. But it'd be fun.

aamar on June 12, 2012 [–]

Quite a few of these online:

MC trained on classical composers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOZ2Q-Ls48U

Iannis Xenakis was a major 20th century composer who incorporated MCs into some works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTzOWKaDrVI

Haven't seen a serious effort with pop/rock though. Lyrics might be the sticking point.

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