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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by auiya on Friday February 28, 2020 @08:41AM (#22442665)
Every possible combination of 8 notes in 12 beats is not infinite. Assuming all quarter notes it's just (8^12)-(8-1)^12 = 54,878,189,535. If you factor in rhythmic variances, the number is much much larger, but still not infinite.

https://plus.maths.org/content/how-many-melodies-are-there

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