Week 13, Music
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Describe the components of an ASDR envelope
- Compare the amplitude envelopes of common musical instruments
- Use common vocabulary related to musical sound synthesis
- Compare Algorithmic, Aleatoric, and Generative music.
- Practice planning a generative music algorithm.
Schedule
| Time | Duration | Purpose | Format | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:50 | 30 m | Review | Critique | Sketch Review Questions |
| 4:20 | 10 m | Study | Lecture | Why Music Intro |
| 4:30 | 15 m | Study | Lecture | 01 Computational Music |
| 4:45 | 5 m | Study | Lecture | 02 Generating Music |
| 4:50 | 5 m | Engage | Discussion | 03 Synthesizing a Note: Discussion |
| 4:55 | 20 m | Study | Lecture | 03 Synthesizing a Note: Lecture |
| 5:15 | 10 m | break | ||
| 5:25 | 5 m | Engage | Discussion | 04 Representing a Melody: Discussion |
| 5:30 | 15 m | Study | Lecture | 04 Representing a Melody: Lecture |
| 5:45 | 10 m | Engage | Discussion | 05 Generating a Melody: Discussion |
| 5:55 | 20 m | Study | Lecture | 05 Generating a Melody: Lecture |
| 6:15 | 15 m | Activate | Code Review | 05 Code Review |
| 6:30 | 5 m | Study | Lecture | Homework Intro |
| 6:35 | 5 m |
Homework Review
Review last week’s class, this week’s sketches, and this semester’s class.
Today’s review is going to be different again today:
- Get into groups of three.
- Review this weeks work.
- Consider your groups prompt in terms of the overall work.
- Don’t select specific projects.
- Choose three specific “insights” related to your prompt to share with the class.
- Carefully phrase each insight in exactly 7 words.
For example if your prompt was: “Inside vs Outside”:
- “Inside: darker at day, brighter at night.”
- “Big things seem smaller when put outside.”
- “People outside are going to other places.”
| Group | Question |
|---|---|
| 1 | Text vs Image |
| 2 | Sound vs Text |
| 3 | Sound vs Image |
| 4 | Language vs Story |
| 5 | Procedural vs Manual |
| 6 | Sketches vs Projects |