Whalley, Ian2008-08-192008-08-192000Whalley, I. (2000). Applications of system dynamics modelling to computer music. Organised Sound, 5(03), 149-157.1355-7718https://hdl.handle.net/10289/961Based on a composer's psycho-acoustic imagination or response to music, system dynamics modelling and simulation tools can be used as a scoring device to map the structural dynamic shape of interest of computer music compositions. The tools can also be used as a generator of compositional ideas reflecting thematic juxtaposition and emotional flux in musical narratives. These techniques allow the modelling of everyday narratives to provide a structural/metaphorical means of music composition based on archetypes that are shared with wider audiences. The methods are outlined using two examples.application/pdfenThis article is published in the journal, Organised Sound. Copyright © 2000 Cambridge University Press.Journal Article10.1017/S1355771800005057