Year: 2008
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(compMus2) Reading Assignment: Digital Filters
Reading Assignment Due Monday, 10/31: Read pp. 397 – 419 in the Roads, and answer the questions below. 1. What is the unit impulse? 2. What is the relationship between a filter’s frequency response and its impulse response (IR)? How do they differ? 3. Give the intuitive measurement for phase response. 4. What is the basic…
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(musTh1) Harmonizing Melodies, Voice Leading Reductions
Harmonizing Melodies: Analyze the melody for scale degrees. Figure out possible chords for each scale degree. (Write them below the lower staff.) Only I, IV, and V are permissible for now. Choose harmonies for each scale degree (or group, if slower harmonic rhythm). As you choose harmonies, you eliminate harmonies that would create bad progressions…
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(musTh1) Assignment: Melody Harmonization and Voice Leading Reduction
Due Monday, 10/27: Wkbk, pp. 61 – 64 #5, E *** #6 B #7 B #8 B ***The instructions for 5 E: Indicate the key of each melodic phrase and the cadential scale degrees of the notes that are bracketed. Write and appropriate cadence in four-voice texture, providing a Roman numeral analysis and indicating the…
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(musTh1) Primary Triads
Primary Triads The primary triads in any key are tonic, dominant, and the subdominant. These fit into the T (tonic), D (dominant), and P (predominant) categories, respectively. Some theorists actually refer to the categories as T, D, and S, for subdominant. In major, the qualities are I, IV, and V (all major). In minor the…
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(musTh1) Primary Triad Assignment
Due Friday, 10/24: Wkbk, pp. 58 – 59, #3 and #4, all. as always, make sure that you read all of the instructions
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(compMus2) Reading Assignment: Intro to Filters
Reading Assignment, due Monday, 10/27. Read pp. 185 – 197 in the Roads (yes, your favorite…) and answer the following questions. Some of this may be review, but it will certainly show up in one of our quizzes. 1. Assuming the basic, literal definition of a filter, name three things that are filters that do…
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(compMus2) Google Earth
Google Earth is now available in the lab, so it’s time to start tagging samples with longitude/latitude information.
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(compMus2) Copyright of Group Soundscape Compositions
I’ve added a discussion thread to teachingcomputermusic that outlines the copyright terms of our group soundscape compositions. It’s reachable via the main page, in the Forum section, below the teachingmusic blog rss feed. I need all of you in the computer music 2 classes to read the discussion thread, and post a reply to it…
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(musTh1) Diatonic Harmony
Using Roman Numerals to Label Harmonies We’re moving away from using commercial chord symbols to label harmonies. From now on, we’ll be using Roman numerals to label harmonies within a key. (diatonic harmonies) The scale degree of the root is the Roman numeral you use to label. Uppercase and lowercase (with superscript) denotes quality. Uppercase…
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(musTh1) Embellishing Tones – Cleaning Up
From grading the homework there are a few problems that need to be addressed. Not all embellishing tones are dissonant. Consonant embellishing tones do not have any designation (or name) other than consonant. Unaccented is assumed unless otherwise indicated. When labeling non-harmonic embellishing tones, you do not have to write “U” for unaccented. An unaccented…