Breve panorama dos usos, desusos e reúsos dos termos algoritmo, generativo, procedural e metacriativo: proposição de uma diacronia para as terminologias associadas à música computacional

Antenor Ferreira Corrêa; Lucas Calado  Jofilsan

doi:10.36025/arj.v12i1.35468

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Antenor Ferreira Corrêa Universidade de Brasília (UNB) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0257-3059
Lucas Calado Jofilsan Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1371-0559

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https://doi.org/10.36025/arj.v12i1.35468

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algorithmic composition, procedural composition, generative music, metacreative music

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In the context of computer music, it is observed that the expressions "algorithmic composition", "generative music", "procedural composition" and "metacreative music" have recurrent and interchangeable use. The coexistence of these terminologies, as well as their loose and transdisciplinary uses, means that the boundaries delimiting concepts are increasingly displaced and imprecise. Therefore, the objective of this text is to provide proposals for distinctions between these terms and to present the suggestion of a diachrony in order to illustrate the uses and reuses of these terms. The methodological approach adopted was the qualitative-quantitative analysis of the articles retrieved from online academic databases. Our interest is, through terminology analysis, to understand the innovations and transformations that have impacted the field of computer-assisted music creation.

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Antenor Ferreira Corrêa, Universidade de Brasília (UNB)

Percussionist, composer, researcher, and Associate Professor at the University of Brasília. He holds a productivity scholarship (PQ 2) granted by CNPq. He completed postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Riverside, under a Capes grant (2014), and at the University of Granada, under a Fundación Carolina grant (2019). He has published the books Ecotecnoceno: poéticas artísticas diante dos desafios ambientais [Ecotecnoceno: artistic poetics in the face of environmental challenges] (2025); Music, Speech, and Mind (2019); Análise musical como princípio composicional [Musical analysis as a compositional principle] (2014). Currently, he is the coordinator of MediaLab/UnB – Computer Art Research Laboratory.

Lucas Calado Jofilsan, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Musician and researcher interested in topics related to music and technology. He holds a master’s degree in Music from the Postgraduate Program in Music at the University of Brasília (UnB), and has developed research on generative music for video games. He holds a bachelor’s degree in guitar from the University of Brasília (UnB) and in Information Technology Management from the Catholic University of Brasília (UCB). He is currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), in the area of Software Engineering, developing research on the use of sound nudge to mitigate misinformation and fake news through serious games. In his research, he proposes the integration of the themes of music, technology and human-computer interaction.

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Brief Overview of the Uses, Disuses and Reuses of the Terms Algorithm, Generative, Procedural and Metacreative: Proposition of a Diachrony for the Terminologies Associated with Computer Music

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Lucas Calado Jofilsan, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

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