| Instructor: Dr Ho Chee Kong |
Module Schedule for Weekly Meetings**
Students will attend two sessions each week (Monday and Thursday) and each meeting will be for 2 hours.
Week 1 (Jul 29)
Meeting 1
Digital Music - Introduction to MIDI using samples from Internet and CDs.
Introduction to Elements of Music - Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, Texture and Form.
Meeting 2
Rudiments of Music - Clefs, Notation, Rhythm, Melody, Counterpoint Music Theory Exercise
Reading:
Roads, R. Early Electronic Music Instruments: Timeline 1899-1950 p20-23
Hirano, K. A review of Electronic Musical Instruments p28-30
Williams, D. B. Experiencing Music Technology: Software for Music Sequencing p349-381
Week 2 (Aug 5)
Meeting 1
Introduction to MIDI Hardware and Software in USP Cyberarts Studio, Logic Audio. Software on the Internet - Virtual Synthesizers and Keyboards.
Meeting 2
Score Display Parameters - No Overlap, Interpretation, Quantization, Syncopation, Max. Dots, Score styles, Display Transposition, Page View and Printout, Instrument Sets
Reading:
Copland, A. What to Listen for in Music: How we Listen p9-19
Williams, D.B. Experiencing Music Technology: MIDI Data Structures Revisited p384-406
Assignment:
Internet search - MIDI music
Week 3 (Aug 12)
Meeting 1
MIDI: Interfaces, Connections, Networks, Controllers, Channel and System Messages, General MIDI
Meeting 2
MIDI Input: Data entry using mouse input - Creating Empty Staff, Defining Key Signature, Note Input, Bar Position and Length Format
Reading:
Copland, A. What to Listen for in Music: The Creative Process in Music p20-32
Roads, C. The Computer Music Tutorial - Psychoacoustics and Perception p1053-1069
Assignment:
Creating a story and directing it.
Week 4 (Aug 19)
Meeting 1
Music Composition - Constructing a Melody, Harmony Decisions, Contrapuntal Lines and Textures, Choice of Instrumentation
Meeting 2
MIDI Input: Correcting Errors, Copying Notes and Bars, and Changing the Length of a Note
Reading:
Emmerson, S. Computer Music Journal (Spring 2001): From Dance! To "Dance": Distance and Digits p13-20
Assignment:
Group Project - MIDI music
Week 5 (Aug 26)
Meeting 1
Computer Music: An Interactive Documentary - MIDI Controllers
MIDI Input: Real-time MIDI Recording Input - Recording, Score Display
Meeting 2
MIDI Sequencing: Looping Sequences and Aliases in Score - Repeat Barlines, Copying
Reading:
Littlefield, R. The Silence of the Frames p213-231 from Music/Ideology: Resisting the Aesthetics
Assignment:
Group Project - Slide presentation
Week 6 (Sep 2)
Meeting 1
The Aesthetics of Music Composition: The Equality between Music and Silence - Applications for Digital Music
Meeting 2
MIDI Notation: Swing Notation - Quaver note swing, Semiquaver note swing, Creating Continuous Staves
Reading:
Manning, P. Electronic and Computer Music - Rock and Pop Electronic Music p201-209
Assignment:
Response paper
Individual Project - MIDI music
Week 7 (Sep 9) RECESS
Week 8 (Sep 16)
Meeting 1
Visit to Audio Recording and Editing Studio
Meeting 2
Screening of Video Segments from selected students' work from USAR01 Cyberarts class
Reading:
Williams, D.B. Experiencing Music Technology: Software for Capturing, Editing and Organizing Digital Sounds p461-48
Assignment:
Project proposal
Week 9 (Sep 23)
Meeting 1
MIDI Symbol Input - Inserting symbols from partbox, fast input using key commands, global symbols, tempo symbols, inserting text
Meeting 2
MIDI Score: Score and Part Extraction - Score and Instruments Sets, Part Extraction, Page Layout, Global Texts
Reading:
Meyer, L. Emotion and Meaning in Music - Note on Image Processes, Connotations, and Moods p256-272
Assignment:
Group Project
Week 10 (Sep 30)
Meeting 1
Processing Music
Meeting 2
Introduction to Final Cut Pro: Audio Editing
Reading:
Cascone, K. Computer Music Journal (Winter 2000): The Aesthetics of Failure: "Post-Digital" Tendencies in Contemporary Computer Music p12-18
Nezvanova, N. Computer Music Journal (Fall 2000): The Internet, A Musical Instrument in Perpetual Flux p38-41
Individual Project Due
Week 11 (Oct 7)
Meeting 1
Introduction to Digital Audio I: ProTools - Non-destructive editing, destructive editing, and digital signal processing
Meeting 2
Age of the Electronic/Computer Sound
Reading:
Prendergast, M.J. The Ambient Century: The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age - Excerpts from House, Techno and 21st Century Ambience (p367-473)
Assignment:
Response paper
Week 12 (Oct 14)
Meeting 1
Synchronization - Music and Images: Creating the Atmosphere for Time and Place, Underlining Unspoken Intentions, Neutral Background Fillers, Providing a Sense of Continuity, Dramatic Events
Meeting 2
Another project discussion
Assignment:
Internet search - Multimedia
Week 13 (Oct 21)
Meeting 1
Revisiting Internet Music - Aesthetics and Practice
Music Formats on the Internet - MP3, WAV, MIDI, etc.
Meeting 2
MIDI Music and Multimedia Environments - Video, Art Installations
Week 14 (Oct 28)
Meeting 1
Presentation and Discussion (Final) 1
Meeting 2
Presentation and Discussion (Final) 2
Studio Report Due
Week 15 (Nov 4)
REVISION
NO FINAL EXAMINATION
**Note: Instructor reserves the right to make changes to the course schedule.
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