Day: February 26, 2007

(compMus1) Granular Synthesis

Feb 26, 2007

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Keith Kothman

in lectureNotes_cm1

Overview Any sound can be thought of as containing discrete particles. (Mosaic or Pointillism) A grain of sound typically lasts from 1 to 100 ms. Each grain shaped by an amplitude envelope. Sound parameters (pitch, panning, duration, envelope, location in sound file, wave type, etc) change on a grain-by-grain basis. Parameters are static within each…
(musicTheory2) Assignment: Tonicization 1

Feb 26, 2007

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by

Keith Kothman

in assignments_musth2

Workbook, pp. 175 – 177. #1 and #2, all. Be sure to check out the lecture notes for the topic.
(musicTheory2) Lecture Notes: Secondary Dominants 1

Feb 26, 2007

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Keith Kothman

in lectureNotes_musth2

Hierarchy (high to low) Key Change Modulation Tonicization Chromatic inflection/embellishment Chromatic Inflection/Embellishment Any chromatic alteration of a pitch that does not fit the current tonal area (loosely, the “key”). Absent a “higher” function, chromatic inflections are just embellishments (chromatic neighbor, chromatic passing tone). Later on we’ll learn about “borrowed” chords, or modal mixture. Tonicization Tonicization…