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Mathematical Foundations of Polyphonic Music Generation via Structural Inductive Bias

Published: January 7, 2026 | arXiv ID: 2601.03612v1

By: Joonwon Seo

Potential Business Impact:

Makes AI create music that sounds more human.

Business Areas:
Natural Language Processing Artificial Intelligence, Data and Analytics, Software

This monograph introduces a novel approach to polyphonic music generation by addressing the "Missing Middle" problem through structural inductive bias. Focusing on Beethoven's piano sonatas as a case study, we empirically verify the independence of pitch and hand attributes using normalized mutual information (NMI=0.167) and propose the Smart Embedding architecture, achieving a 48.30% reduction in parameters. We provide rigorous mathematical proofs using information theory (negligible loss bounded at 0.153 bits), Rademacher complexity (28.09% tighter generalization bound), and category theory to demonstrate improved stability and generalization. Empirical results show a 9.47% reduction in validation loss, confirmed by SVD analysis and an expert listening study (N=53). This dual theoretical and applied framework bridges gaps in AI music generation, offering verifiable insights for mathematically grounded deep learning.

Country of Origin
🇺🇸 United States

Page Count
68 pages

Category
Computer Science:
Machine Learning (CS)