How do I make fractal tunes using DNA fragments for the seed?
First an introduction. It is mildly fashionable at present to use DNA fragments to make music. The result can be surprisingly tuneful and structured. Goodness knows why it works so well, but maybe it suggests there is more to the world than we know about with our limited knowledge :-). The composer, musician and musical healer Mary Ackerley uses this technique a lot in her work, and you’ll find some from Mary Ackerley’s music page. Anyway, I’ve not researched in this myself, but I did try an experimental tune to test the technique, using a DNA fragment that Mary Ackerely found at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ , and the result is DNA_music.ts . It uses a DNA fragment from the human growth hormone. It was just an experiment to check the technique worked, but turned out to be so nice that it seems perfect for a tutorial introduction to explain how it is done. I’ll describe how you can make tunes like this. First, after you download your fragment, you will probably want to keep a record of
