METHOD OF COMPOSING A PIECE OF DIGITAL MUSIC USING MUSICAL EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTORS TO INDICATE WHAT, WHEN AND HOW MUSICAL EVENTS SHOULD APPEAR IN THE PIECE OF DIGITAL MUSIC AUTOMATICALLY COMPOSED AND GENERATED BY AN AUTOMATED MUSIC COMPOSITION AND GENERATION SYSTEM

An automated music composition and generation system having a system user interface operably connected to an automated music composition and generation engine, and supporting a method of composing a piece of digital music using musical experience descriptors as to indicate what, when and how particular musical events should occur in the piece of digital music to be automatically composed and generated. The method uses the system user interface to select one or more musical experience descriptors and applying the musical experience descriptors along a timeline representation of a piece of digital music to be automatically composed and generated by the automated music composition and generation engine.