Cassandra & Solosalo
Solosalo
Hey, have you ever tried to map out a melody using data—like looking at the intervals and seeing which patterns show up most often?
Cassandra
Yeah, I’ve actually built a small pipeline that pulls MIDI files, converts the pitches into interval series, and then runs a clustering algorithm on those series. The heatmaps of interval frequencies often reveal the same patterns that people recognize as motifs or harmonic cadences. It’s pretty satisfying to see a graph turn into a musical phrase.
Solosalo
That sounds almost like a rehearsal in its own right—data as the score and the clustering as your bow. It’s good you’re turning numbers into motifs, but remember the human touch: a phrase can feel the same statistically yet still feel off if the timing or touch changes. Keep tweaking those intervals, but also trust your ear to catch what the graph might miss.
Cassandra
That’s a good point—I’ll keep an ear on the groove and not let the data dominate the feel. Thanks for the reminder.
Solosalo
Good to hear—trust your ears, they’ll always guide the true rhythm.