TeachingMusic

Author: Keith Kothman

  • (musTh625) downloading soundHack and cecilia

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    I have previous posts on downloading SoundHack and Cecilia, with some explanations. Downloading SoundHack Downloading Cecilia  

  • digital performer intro, part 2

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    part one of the digital performer intro is here Importing Audio and the Soundbites Window You can drag and drop audio from a Finder window into the Soundbites pane in Digital Performer. Audio imported into your project gets converted to the project audio format, and copied into the Audio Files folder within your project folder.…

  • digital performer intro

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    Digital Performer and DAWs Unlike stereo audio editors (Audacity, Peak, Audition), Digital Performer is an example of a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Digital Performer relies (mostly) on non-destructive processing and mixing. The program allows for multiple sounds to be used at once by reading from the multiple sound files, applying gain changes as indicated by…

  • (musTh625) project 2: multi-track musique concrète

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    Due Monday, June 3, at the start of class. Overview Building on your knowledge of sample processing learned in your two-track collage, create a two-minute work of musique concrète. You may use sounds from Project 1, sounds from online libraries, sample CDs in Bracken (Education Resources Desk), and/or other recorded sounds of your own choosing.…

  • (musTh625) technical readings, second set

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    Adding to the introductory readings from week 1, read: Audio File Formats, from Jeffrey Hass.

  • (musTh625) aesthetic readings 1

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    For your first collection of aesthetic articles, read Luigi Russolo, “The Art of Noises: A Futurist Manifesto,” (Audio Culture: pp. 10 – 14), or online at  UbuWeb. John Cage, “The Future of Music: Credo,” (AC: pp. 25 – 28) Edgard Varèse, “The Liberation of Sound,” (AC: pp. 17 – 21) I have scans of the…

  • (musTh625) second listening assignment

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    Create listening guides for the following pieces by Tuesday, May 28. Jonty Harrison, Klang, (via SoundCloud) Jason Bolte, Noises Everywhere, (via SoundCloud) One of the following miniatures (via iLocker) Mark Wingate, Pufferfish Elainie Lillios, Au Deuxiéme Etage Ake Parmerud, Cut 1, 2, 3 Progress Richard Karpen, Mass Justice Olsson, A Man is a Delicate Flame

  • (musTh625) project 1: simple musique concrète

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    Due Tuesday (note the different meeting day), 5/21, at our class meeting. Overview Compose a short work (45 – 60 seconds) utilizing musique concrète techniques. Use Audacity and its basic editing features to edit, process, and assemble your project. Audio source material can come from any prerecorded source. In general, it is helpful to have…

  • (musTh625) musique concrète

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    Early electronic music focused on musique concrète and synthesized sound. Musique concrète (concrete music) uses prerecorded sounds (often natural sounds) as the source of all of its sounds for a composition. The French were the first to develop this technique, and it draws upon their focus on color (think Debussy, Ravel, etc.), but their development…

  • (musTh625) making a listening guide

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    Rather than throw a bunch of works at you in a short session for purposes of memorization, I want you to engage a few selected works in more detail. To do so, I want you to create listening guides for each assigned listening piece. The format of the guide will be as follows: composer name…