Your hands -- your whole body -- are active extensions of your mind, not passive peripherals
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The fact that it's an order of magnitude easier to compose music by playing with both hands on a piano keyboard than by writing down the notes (even with the same immediate audio feedback) is a strong statement about the power of embodied cognition
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I can't write a track without actually playing it, nor can I figure out the composition of a picture without actually drawing it. The act is the thinking
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Funny I've written all my songs by writing down the notes, maybe am weird (okay definitely am weird)
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You can do it, it's just harder, like running with your hands tied behind your back
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Is that the way most compose, or is it more your personal preference? I've always wondered what the "typical" process is for those who compose music of any sort.
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But there are large intervals that can be programmed but not played by a human due to physical limitations of only having two hands and fingers that only stretch so far.
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So the composition will reflect those limitations
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...but the opposite will be true for AI systems.
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How was that fact established? I highly doubt it to be honest.
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Do you play piano?
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