%0 Journal Article %A V. Hepsiba Mabel and K. Alagarsamy and Justus S. %D 2014 %J International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 85, 2014 %T Knowledge Based Chords Manipulation in MES %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9997726 %V 85 %X Chord formation in western music notations is an intelligent art form which is learnt over the years by a musician to acquire it. Still it is a question of creativity that brings the perfect chord sequence that matches music score. This work focuses on the process of forming chords using a custom-designed knowledgebase (KB) of Music Expert System. An optimal Chord-Set for a given music score is arrived by using the chord-pool in the KB and the finding the chord match using Jusic Distance (JD). Conceptual Graph based knowledge representation model is followed for knowledge storage and retrieval in the knowledgebase. %P 235 - 241