Source : Institute for Quantum Computing(yt channel)

QUANTUM
COMPUTER
MUSIC

Team Members

Devanshu Garg, IIT Kharagpur

Nandan, Electrical Engineering, Karunya University

Rupa, Guru Nanak Institute Technical Campus

Samual, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Charles University

Shreya Satsangi, Dayalbagh Educational Institute

 Background :
The rst uses of computers in music were for composition. The great majority of computer music
pioneers were composers interested in inventing new music and/or innovative approaches to
compose. They focused on developing algorithms to generate music.

Hence the term ‘algorithmic computer music’. Essentially, the art of algorithmic computer music
consists
of :
(a)harnessing algorithms to produce patterns of data and
(b)(b) developing ways to translate
These patterns into musical notes or synthesised sound.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.12408.pdf [1]

Nowadays, computing technology is omnipresent in almost every aspect of music. Therefore,

forthcoming alternative computing technology, such as biocomputing and quantum computing will
certainly have an impact in the way in which we create and distribute music in time to come. [1]

Our project is an introduction to the pioneering research into the exploration of emerging eld of
quantum computing
technology in music. https://stoneyroads.com/2016/09/listen-to-
the- rst-recorded-piece-of-computer-
generated-music/

Here is the audio of the rst ever music produced by using computer.

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 Visitors can have hands-on experience with
music software on 1980s desktop computers
at the exhibition (https://ajovomultja.hu/
news/history-computer-
https://stoneyroads.com/2016/09/listen-to-the- rst-recorded- music?language=en)
piece-of-computer-generated-music/

'The Baby' was the forerunner to the Ferranti Mark

CSIRAC was the first computer to play music in the 1950s 1 that was used to make the rst computer music
recording.
https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/a-brief-history-of-computer-music-177299
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 https://iccmr-quantum.github.io

Current Work in Quantum

Computer Music
Currently people around globe are working in the eld of quantum music, some of the
recent work in this eld are given :

1. First Quantum Music Composition Unveiled

In 2015, this article suggested that we can think the seven notes in a quantum octave as independent event. They also
suggested that an audience will hear the same sequence of notes but when a quantum musical state is observed, it will
collapse into any one of the notes. The notes will be formed entirely random, but it will depend on the precise linear
setup of the state
(https://www.technologyreview.com/2015/04/15/168638/ rst-quantum-music-composition-unveiled/)

2. Hear Musicians Jam With a Quantum Computer

In this article, Dr Alexis Kirke, Senior Research Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research at
the University of Plymouth (UK), has been able to show that a human musician can communicate directly with a
quantum computer via teleportation, through which a blend of live human and computer-generated sounds could come
together to create an unique performance piece.

https://www.technologynetworks.com/
informatics/news/hear-musicians-jam-with-
a-quantum-computer-336979

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3. QuTune Project

Currently QuTune is the leading team of scientists/researchers/musicians, which are working together to enhance the eld of
Quantum Music. They recently organised the 1st International Symposium on Quantum Computing and Musical Creativity. They
have around 5 research papers published in this eld and around 3 articles on the topic. Medium is an American online publishing
platform, and that has published around 3 articles on Quantum Music. https://iccmr-quantum.github.io)

4. A QUANTUM NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING APPROACH TO MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE

Quantum Natural Language Processing

In this project, researchers are trying to make an intelligent music system, where the system will know what to play in different
occasions. A challenging task is to design generative systems with enough knowledge of musical structure and ability to manipulate
said structure, so that given requests for mood, purpose, style, and so on, are appropriately met.

(https://cambridgequantum.com/a-quantum-natural-language-processing-approach-to-musical-intelligence/)
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Our project
In our Quantum music project, we have used random walk on a cube to make a
quantum circuit using jupyter notebook and python language and the outputs
were converted to notes and rhythms by simply running the quantum circuit. The
corresponding notes and rhythms were used to create midi tracks by converting
the outcome to the musical notations, and now once we have our music notation,
we can play our quantum computer music anywhere anytime. Simple steps that
can be used to replicate our project,

• Preparation of the quantum circuit [1]

[1]
• Creation of two lists, one for the pitch and the other one for the rhythm

• For each list quantum circuit was iterated several times always beginning in
the state where it was measured in the previous step

• Conversion from binary outputs into notes (https://www.dcode.fr/music-sheet)

• Creation of MIDI le

Reference : https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.12408.pdf
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Future of quantum music
The Sound of the Future:
Technology has changed music forever and will continue to do so as long as it remains
the part of human life. Even the way pop music sounds has been altered by the noises
that computers generate, giving rise to the “electronic” genre. Tech’s e ect on music will
reverberate through the industry, revolutionising the balance between artists and powerful
music labels. This opens the door for more niche, experimental music to reach the world.
With the help of computers, social media and even AI, almost anything is possible in
tomorrow’s music scene.The impact of quantum computer will be revolutionary and it will
change the way we produced music before.

Music Driven by AI and Algorithm Technology:

A.I. is the ability of a computer to not only retain and regurgitate certain information, but
to evolve, learn, and create new ways of interpreting and reciting information. The best
comparison for this technology is the brain – a mechanism that can not only learn about
its environment, but can learn about itself, and in turn begin to learn in new ways an A.I.
includes algorithms but also implements general reasoning, and self-correction or
adaption mechanisms. Although A.I. is still in its initial stages, once it becomes fully
developed, there is no telling how capable a technology it will become. AI/ML will bring
quantum music to the new height, and improve our way of understanding of music.
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Future tune:
Quantum Computing will most certainly have an impact on the way in which we create and
distribute music in time to come. The arrival of Quantum Computer Music is a natural
progression for music technology.The main advantage being the potential speed increase
of quantum algorithms. it introduces a way of utilising Grover's algorithm - which has been
shown to provide a quadratic speed-up over its classical equivalent - in algorithmic rule-
based music composition.

The system introduced - qgMuse - is simple but scalable. It lays some groundwork for new
ways of addressing a signi cant problem in computer music research, unstructured
random search for desired music features.

Projects like Quantum Music(http://quantummusic.org) are bringing scientists/researchers/

musicians together to work on Quantum Music.

The quantum world challenges us to modify the way we perceive the world around us. We
learn that our everyday world has an unexpected capacity for new kinds of behaviour and
"self organisation" that we are only just beginning to fathom.
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Team Members
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Nandan, ()
Rupa, ()
Samual, ()
Shreya Satsangi, (www.linkedin.com/in/
shreya-s-498001217)