Game of Life revisited

About 1 year ago I wrote my first Game of Life application, and I still find it quite fascinating. The Game of Life produces seemingly random output, but when you give it some time patterns will start to emerge. I was wondering if these patterns could be put to some useful purpose and after a while I came up with the idea to make those patterns create music. Unfortunately I am not a musician and I do not know a lot about creating music. So this will be a process with a lot of trial and error, but at least the basic Game of Life is running:

The next step is finding a way to make music based on the Game of Life patterns, without just creating a stream of random sounds. I was thinking about using blocks, the more cells that are active in a block, the more intense the instrument attached to the block is playing. But again, I do not know a lot about creating music, so your suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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