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US 7,247,782 B2Granted
Genetic music
OwnerMark R. Hennings, Denise M. Kettelbergerinventors
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Abstract
Genetic music generated by decoding and transcribing genetic information within a DNA sequence into a music signal having melody and harmony, and useful in the producion of novely consumer products, identification systems, and diagnostic tools.
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An apparatus for generating music, comprising:
- a. a harmonic sequence generator that is configured to receive a nucleotide sequence, determine an amino acid that is defined by a three-segment nucleotide sequence, and determine a chord in response to the defined amino acid, whereby a harmonic sequence is generated in response to a succession of defined amino acids;
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- b. a melodic sequence generator that is configured to receive the nucleotide sequence and the chords generated from the determined amino acid sequence, and generate a melodic sequence of tones in response to the received nucleotide sequence within the determined chords.
A method for musically transcribing DNA sequences, comprising:
- a. determining a sequence of amino acids from a sequence of nucleotides;
- b. determining a sequence of chords in response to the determined amino acid sequence;
- c. generating a sequence of tones in response to the nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid of each determined chord;
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- d. generating musical output comprising the determined chords and tones.
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A DNA transcriber for generating music, comprising:
- a. means for generating a harmonic sequence that is configured to receive a nucleotide sequence, determine an amino acid that is defined by a three-segment nucleotide sequence, and determine a chord in response to the defined amino acid, whereby a harmonic sequence is generated in response to a succession of defined amino acids;
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- b. means for generating a melodic sequence that is configured to receive the nucleotide sequence and the chords generated from the determined amino acid sequence, and generate a melodic sequence of tones in response to the received nucleotide sequence within the determined chords.
An apparatus comprising:
- a. a polynucleotide transcriber for receiving a polynucleotide sequence and determining therefrom a sequence of nucleotides and a sequence of amino acids wherein each amino acid is encoded by a triplet of said nucleotides;
- b. a harmonic generator for selecting a chord in response to a chemical property of a first determined amino acid of said encoded amino acid sequence;
- c. a melodic generator for selecting a first tone of the selected chord in response to a first nucleotide of the triplet encoding the first determined amino acid and for selecting a second tone of the selected chord in response to a second nucleotide of the triplet encoding the first determined amino acid;
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- d. an output generator for generating musical commands in response to the selected chord and the selected tones.
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