Author: Keith Kothman
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(maxmsp) midi poly and audio poly~
As indicated, this is a scaled-down post so that you have the demo patchers from class. To use the PolyAudioDemo.maxpat you also need to download SimpleSynthKeith~.maxpat and place both patchers in the same folder. Highlights The poly object The poly object takes incoming noteon and noteoff messages (note number and velocity), tracks them so as…
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(maxmsp) delay (and degrade) demo patcher
My delay demo patcher is finally uploaded. It also includes a little section with a degrade~ object. I’m only doing bit reduction with the degrade~ object.
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(musTh 212) Pitch Class Sets, Set Classes and Prime Forms
A set class contains all the pitch-class sets (in normal order) that are related by transposition, and all the transpositions of the inversion of the set. For example, start with the randomly chosen set, [9,1,2]. The first twelve sets show all the transpositions of [9,1,2]. [9,1,2] [10,2,3] [11,3,4] [0,4,5] [1,5,6] [2,6,7] [3,7,8] [4,8,9] [5,9,10] [6,10,11] [7,11,0] [8,0,1]…
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(musTh 212) Pitch Class Sets, Transposition and Inversion
Transposition Transposition of pitch-class sets is by ordered pitch-class interval. Before going any further, consider the implications of that first statement. Transposition is by pitch class, which means that a transposition could contain octave displacements and still be a transposition. Transposition is by ordered pitch-class interval, which means that we always count the transposition distance in a positive…
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(musTh 212) Listening/Look – Atonal Music
We’re going to focus on three (freely) atonal works for class discussion. You should listen to all three with the score. Your goal is to gain overall familiarity with the work. Try to discover if there are repeating gestures that suggest importance, musical contrasts that suggest sections, and an overall formal grouping for each work.…
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(musTh 212) Pitch Class Sets, Normal Form
We will continue to talk about this on Friday, but what follows are the rules for arranging pitch classes into a set in normal form. The first thing to do with a collection of pitches, a pitch-class set, is to arrange the pitch classes into a form that can be used to compare one set…
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(musTh 212) Atonal Interval Assignment
Due Friday, 3/16: Atonal Interval Assignment (handout). IntervalAssignment Be sure to refer to my atonal interval post for help.
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(musTh 212) Intervals in Atonal Theory
Read my post from last year. It has a good description of all the interval counting concepts for atonal theory. What is included in this post is a brief review. You can download a sheet of “clock faces.” ( clockfacePage ) Interval size is always determined by counting half steps, and using integers to notate. Inverting an…
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(musTh212) Midterm Review – 2012
As promised, but a little late, here’s a compilation of links to review for the Midterm Exam. Text: Chapters 1 – 6 Links: Twilight of the Tonal System Integer Notation Scale Formations Chords and Verticalities Melody and Voice Leading Harmonic Progression and Tonality Rhythm and Meter: Bartok, Additive Meter and Syncopation Rhythm and Meter in…
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(musTh212) Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time, Mov’t 6
Movement VI, Dance of the Furies, deals with additional rhythm and meter topics: added values, nonretrogradable rhythms, and augmentation/diminution of rhythmic patterns. Added Values Added rhythmic values occur in otherwise simple rhythmic and metric patterns by adding a short additional note, dot, or rest. Example 6-11 in the textbook has the opening portion of the…