Month: January 2008

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Due Friday (1/25): Wkbk p. 369 #1A; p. 371 #2; p. 372 #3A. Bring Ch. 41 Workbook Sheets (entire chapter, pp. 369 – 378 to class on Wednesday)

(musTh212) Assignment: Integer Notation

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If you didn’t get the sheet in class, find it here. (IntNotationAssign.pdf) It’s in my iLocker account, BSU_SHARED, 212 folder, which is where the link will take you. Log in with your BSU username and password for access. It’s due Wednesday.

(maxmsp) Lecture Notes: selecting and comparing

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Todays example patch is posted (day5.txt). We’re building a toolbox of objects that can help us automate a MIDI performance environment. Today we covered: stripnote: only passes MIDI noteon messages through comparison operators, like <, >, <=, >=, ==, and !=. If the result of the comparison is true, then the resulting output is 1;…

(musTh212) Lecture Notes: Integer Notation

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As we start to discuss symmetrical divisions of the octave, and gently move into later discussions of atonality, we’ll start using integer notation of pitch where appropriate. Standard musical notation involves notes placed on a staff, with the noteheads designating a pitch to be played. While a notehead on a staff indicates a specific pitch…

(maxmsp) Update on Example Patchers

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I’ve reformatted the example patchers and reposted to iLocker. The patchers now have the .txt extension, meaning that they have been saved as text files. There is no special conversion that you have to do to open them in Max. Simply launch MaxMSP, then choose File -> Open…, and choose the desired patcher. Let me…

(musTh212) Lecture Notes: Chromatic Voice Leading

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From chapter 39 of the Gauldin, there are four primary techniques for voice leading during chromatic passages. Sequences by half-step motion. Like diatonic sequences by whole step, these half-step sequences involve alternations of inverted and root position chords. Secondary dominants in inversion, 65 – 53 and 42 – 6, are the most common, as they…

(maxmsp) Example Patchers now in iLocker

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Since I’ve heard that there have been problems downloading the patcher links, I’ve also put the example patchers in my iLocker account (BSU_SHARED folder). You can get there by following the link: http://ilocker.bsu.edu/users/kkothman/BSU_SHARED/maxmsp_examples/ Enter your BSU username and password for access. I’ll also put the link in the sidebar of the blog in the Keith…

(musTh212) Reading and Listening 3

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We’re up to Chapter 41 in the Gauldin now (you read chapter 40 last semester). Read it for Wednesday. Listening: Franck, Moderato from Chorale No. 1 in E Major for organ, pp. 354 – 355. There is a CD on reserve at the Music Listening Center, or you can use the NML (either BIS-CD-214-15 or…

(musTh212) Assignment: Chromatic Voice Leading

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