Love it or hate it, improv — though it may appear random — is often more purposeful and patterned than it may seem. And, improbable as it may seem, supercomputing is at play here, too: a team of Penn State-led researchers applied the university’s Roar supercomputer to map and analyze the patterns in the improvisational music of all-time jazz greats. The goal: to understand the methods and motifs that underpin creativity.
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