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How Music Composition Has Mirrored Software Abstraction

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Summary Argument: There has been a trend in music composition towards higher levels of abstraction. This article argues that the movement up the music stack can be seen as a mirror to how software languages have become more abstract over time.  922 tokens
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     The early rudiments of music composition often required considerable knowledge of the physical instrument. Consider that musicians like Bach would sometimes invent their own physical tunings to compose their music. This is very similar to the early days of computing when programmers had to use assembly language to optimize the machine's performance. Many of these pioneers would even build new hardware to be able to better code their programs.
     Once mass commoditization of musical instruments had become ubiquitous, the hardware could start to be abstracted away. A major step was the development of MIDI technology (in the 1980s) which allowed notes to be coded into a digital standard. This is similar to a fairly low-level language like C where the programmer has to handle key tasks like memory management. But still this was a step up the stack from using assembly language.
     As the MIDI standard became ubiquitous, digital audio workstations (DAW) started to abstract away direct programming of the notes. With the introduction of Logic Pro, musicians could now sequence their tracks in groups and phrases. This is similar to how a higher level language like Javascript abstracts away some of the difficulties of C. Rather than focus on individual variables, musician-programmers could now focus on functions.
     Once musicians were comfortable with using MIDI sequencers, it was only a matter of time before modularity happened. DAWs like Ableton Live allow for an even higher level of groupings with samples and stems. This is similar to how the React framework brings in third party dependencies as imported packages. If you need a feature, you can just import it. If you need a musical sound, you just import it.
     The trend in music abstraction has dramatically lowered the bar to making compositions. Whereas, sixty years ago, a musician would have had to be trained and proficient on several instruments, today a composer doesn't even need to understand music theory to create pleasing sounds. And with something like Celody, all you need to do is click a button for the music to generate. Each stream is a unique composition made in real-time, with custom configuration made possible using a simple json file.

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