TeachingMusic

Author: Keith Kothman

  • (sonicArts) Listening List 1

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    The first listening quiz is September 6. Audio files can be downloaded here. (Note: you will need your BSU login and password to download the zipped folder of audio files from my iLocker account. The files are kept on a BSU server.) You will be responsible for knowing the name of the composer, title, and year(s)…

  • (sonicArts) assignment: listen/notate

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    Due Tuesday, Aug, 28. Listen/Notate Listen/Notate is designed to make you more aware and sensitive to environmental sound that you normally would tune out subconsciously. Most of our focus this semester is on recording sounds, processing these sounds into musical gestures, and then arranging them into new works. Listening for unusual  and musically interesting sounds will…

  • (sonicArts) reading assignment: russolo and wishart

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    With all reading assignments, be prepared to answer short questions during the next class period. Any quiz of this type will always be open note. For Thursday, Aug. 23, read: Luigi Russolo, “The Art of Noises: A Futurist Manifesto,” (Audio Culture: pp. 10 – 14), or online at  UbuWeb. Trevor Wishart, “What is Sonic Art?”…

  • (sonicArts) what is computer music?

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    Although the course is titled “An Introduction to Sonic Art,” a large part of what we will be studying and working on will be computer music. Your reading assignment addresses the issue of what is sonic art. Let’s address what is computer music. Defining Computer and Electronic Music Technically, anything reproduced through a computer or…

  • (sonicArts) creativity

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    Creativity We need to distinguish between creativity and composition. Creativity is best thought of as a trait and practice that applies to many domains and activities. Composition is a specific creative domain or practice. Creativity can be learned. If one doesn’t believe that, then the teaching and studying of music in general lacks interest. For our…

  • (sonicArts) class intro, syllabus

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    The first day of class is always about taking care of business. You can download a copy of the syllabus: MUST121Syllabus2012. Remember that you will need to order the textbooks online. I’m including Amazon links. You are welcome to search other places. Dan Hosken. An Introduction to Music Technology. Routledge (2010). Christoph Cox and Daniel Warner.…

  • (pianoPed) Social Media Basics

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    I don’t plan on walking you through any basics of how to set up a social media account. My intent is to let you know what platforms are available, what platforms might appeal to what audiences, and ways to coordinate your posting to multiple platforms and accounts from a single source.

  • (pianoPed) Web Graphics

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    I’m not going to focus on too many topics related to image editing, as that is a discipline unto itself. I do want to talk about file formats, compression, and cropping. JPEG and GIF The two file types for web images are JPEG and GIF. Photographs (pictures of natural images, people, etc.) should use the…

  • (pianoPed) Assignment: Website Creation

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    Draft Due Friday, May 18, 2012. Final Version Due Monday, May  21, 2012. Using WordPress.com, create a website suitable for your use as a studio teacher that includes at least three static pages and three external links visible on every page. (100 points, total)

  • (pianoPed) Creating a website with WordPress

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    I like to use my teachingmusic posts to help distill information from class. Even with a small number of people, we tend to branch off with different things catching our attention. WordPress.com