Musikalisches Würfelspiel

Musikalisches Würfelspiel (or musical dice game in German) has often been attributed to Mozart.

The basis of the musical dice game consists of 272 musical measures and a table of rules used to select specific measures given a certain dice roll. The result is a randomly selected 16 bar piece of music.

For those that are familiar with Ableton Live - see any similarities? What makes this different? How could this approach be applied to your own compositions?

How does it work?

1. Each column represents a measure of music, and each row gives you a different musical phrase for that measure.
2. Choose which phrase you want to for each measure.
3. Or just use the randomise button!
4. Generate music!