Li, Runchao: Expression of “Chinese-Style Aesthetic Sensibility” in AI Music Generation: From Algorithmic Structure to Style-Adaptation Mechanisms

This article focuses on the “intention-image-expression” framework in the aesthetics of Chinese traditional music, discussing its generative mechanism and structural features in traditional musical practices such as the guqin, and further testing this framework within the contemporary context of AI music generation. Beginning with the relational chain of “intention-image-expression,” the article argues that meaning in traditional music is not determined by a single parameter such as pitch or bea