Published 08:05 IST, March 22nd 2019

Google celebrates composer and musician Johann Christian Bach with first ever AI-powered Doodle

In a first, Google celebrated renowned German musician Johann Christian Bach with an AI-powered doodle.

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In a first, Google celebrated rewned German musician Johann Christian Bach with an AI-powered doodle.

Me in partnership with Google Mnta and Google PAIR teams, doodle, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), is an interactive experience encouraging netizens to compose a two-measure melody of ir choice.

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With press of a button that is located at bottom right corner, doodle uses machine learning to harmonise custom melody into Johann Christian Bach's signature music style.

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Johann Christian Bach was born and raised in German town of Eisenach in a large musical family. His far played multiple instruments and worked as director of town's musicians, while his eldest bror was also a musician.

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Primarily kwn as an exceptional organist during his lifetime, Johann Christian Bach also understood how to build and repair complex inner mechanisms of pipe organs, a feature that has been incorporated into interactive doodle.

Google ds that Coconet was trained on 306 of Bach’s chorale harmonisations. His chorales always have four voices, each carrying ir melodic line while creating a rich harmonic progression when played toger. This compact structure me m good training data for a machine learning model. 

Johann Christian Bach's reputation soared following 19th century "Bach revival," as music world gained a new appreciation for his invative use of four-part harmony, modulations of key, and mastery of counterpoint and fugue.

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"Johann Sebastian Bach was born in small German town of Eisenach on this day in 1685 (under old Julian calendar). Primarily Bach was kwn as an exceptional organist during his lifetime, he also understood how to build and repair complex inner mechanisms of pipe organs (which are depicted in beautifully interactive Doodle)," writes Google.

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07:51 IST, March 22nd 2019