Tonal Chance Music?
I've been toying with an idea in my head for a long time now, and have started to put it into conception: How could I write aleatoric music that sounds tonal? When I thought about it, the answer was quite obvious: if I control the possible elements that are going into the piece, I will control the tonality of the piece. Not only that, I could 'write' a composition with largely chance elements involved, but sculpt them in such a way to make something that may even sound melodious, and might even have classical forms in it. To this end, I've started putting together some different ideas for a 3-movement piano sonata that will be written as a chance piece. I will strive to incorporate the appropriate form by controlling elements in each section. For my first attempt, I am going to use two different chance mediums: rolling of dice and a chess game. For rhythms, I will use dice to determine which of several sets of measures to use for different sec...