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arxivcs.SDcs.AIcs.ETeess.AS2026-07-07

Designing Maintainable Hybrid Generative Systems: A Quantum-Inspired Approach to Automated Music Harmony Generation

Josef Pavlicek

This paper presents the design and evaluation of a maintainable hybrid generative architecture for automated music harmony generation from melody. The proposed system combines quantum-inspired candidate exploration over overlapping melodic contexts with explicit rule-based optimization to balance generative flexibility and structural control. The architecture is evaluated using explicit and reproducible metrics covering structural coherence, functional agreement, harmonic similarity, and robustness. The results show that the proposed approach produces harmonizations that preserve tonal structure and cadential behavior while allowing multiple valid harmonic realizations. Furthermore, the optimization layer improves structural coherence, stability, and predictability without requiring a training corpus. The study demonstrates that transparent and controllable hybrid generative systems can be systematically designed and evaluated within the context of Information Systems Development.

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