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The Fretful Porpentine, after seeing this robot play John Coltrane's Giant Steps, isn't worried about robotic takeover of the music world:
Making music will remain a human endeavor for eons to come. It's the metaphysical soul that is the engine for musical soul.
It's a fun performance nonetheless. And for those so inclined, Wikipedia has Coltrane's substitute harmonic progression. Not sure if the robot understands the theory behind what he or she is playing.
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I don't remember where I first got this URL, so it may turn out that you've already posted this, I think this site's a more interesting interpretation of Coltrane's Giant Steps:
http://www.michalevy.com/gs_download.html
Posted by: Herb Levy | March 03, 2007 at 09:12 PM