Whistling a superfluid quantum melody

Emile Hoskinson, R. E. Packard, Thomas M. Haard

P. V. E. McClintock

Tatsunori Hirai

In this paper, we present melody generation method using quantum computing.The topic of music generation has been of interest in computer science since the early days of computing.With the advent of quantum computing, this paper explores the potential of using a quantum computer for music generation, particularly for generating melodies.In this research, we propose a method of designing quantum circuits with genetic algorithms for melody generation.Our proposed method allows for the generation of subsequent musical notes for arbitrary input notes and the production of melodies of varying lengths based on the transition distribution between melodies in the training data.We compared the accuracy of a quantum computer in predicting the subsequent note based on the training data with that of a classical computer.Our results demonstrate the potential of quantum computing for melody generation * .

Bogusław Fugiel

I propose a quantum-like approach to the description of melody perception where classic intervals that constitute a melody are replaced by acoustical qubits, i.e. two-level acoustic systems, using Shepard tones for this purpose. Each of such qubits is considered to be a superposition of two intervals, ascending and descending, that form an octave when put together. Any melody perception can thus be treated analogously to a sequence of quantum measurements. Because of an acoustical collapse, analogous to the wave function reduction in quantum mechanics, just a single interval, ascending or descending, can be heard each time. Different melodies generated by the same sequence of acoustical qubits can be then perceived.