sandpile music
Here are some pieces of music created using the abelian sandpile model. See my
colloquium talk (Chico State Colloquium, Fall 2019),
as well as a
paper (BRIDGES conference, 2019) and the accompanying
conference talk that explain the dynamical system and how it generates the music.
A IV-V-I progression on a 15x15 grid
A piece on a 9x9 grid where the x-axis modulates note length and the y-axis modulates note onset
A longer piece on a 41x41 grid.
Three small examples on an 11x11 grid: I II III
A few experiments with random note values: I II III