Author: Keith Kothman
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(maxmsp) metro synchronization
My metro synchronization patcher is uploaded (synchRhythm.maxpat), with some comments and enhancements. There is also a subpatcher (p noSync) that provides the entire patcher without sync capabilities. Play with the time values of the second metro object to see how easy it is to get the two metros out of sync. The very basic info…
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(musTh212) Listening Assignment for Chords
from the Anthology: Charles Ives, “The Cage.” (pp. 435 – 436) (Naxos, 8.559269) Maurice Ravel, “Le Martin-Pêcheur (The Kingfisher),” from Histoires Naturelles (pp. 444 – 446) (Naxos, BCD9058) Both works are from 1906 (maybe). (The Debussy Sunken Cathedral is from 1910.)
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(musTh212) Chords/Verticalities Assignment
Due Wednesday, 2/16/11: From Chapter 3 Part A, numbers 1 and 4 Part B, numbers 2 – 5. (use the bass line to help you identify chords in number 5)
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(musTh212) Chords and Verticalities
General Naming and Issues of Identification Some people avoid the word chords for non-tertian structures. For our purposes, we can use the terms chords, verticalities, and sonorities interchangeably. With all the chord types now possible, it can be difficult to properly identify the type, or construction, of any give chord. Musical context will be of prime importance, and there…
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(maxmsp) midiinfo, loadbang, loadmess
midiinfo The midiinfo object can report on currently available MIDI inputs and outputs, outputting this information in a format that can be stored as items in a umenu object. Look at the example patcher midiinfoLoadbang.maxpat. A bang into the left inlet of midiinfo sends out midi outputs. Check the print window to see that it…
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(maxmsp) timer and tempo detection
The timer object can be used for detecting elapsed time between events. By default, it tells you the time in milliseconds out its left outlet, but it also can output a formatted time value (hh:mm:ss or beats/bars/tics, for example) out the right outlet. Bang in the left inlet starts the timer. Bang in the right…
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(musTh212) Scale Assignment
Due Monday, 2/14/11: Complete the scale assignment sheet. (scalesAssign) Kostka, pp. 39 – 43, Part B 1, 2, 4, and 5
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(musTh212) Chapter 2 Listening
For Wednesday, 2/9/11: Listen to and study the score (in Burkhart) for: Debussy, “La Cathédrale engloutie” from Préludes Book I, pp. 415–419 Bartok, “Diminished Fifth,” no. 101 from Mikrokosmos vol. IV, p. 151. Both works can be found on Naxos. Be able to comment on scale formations used in each, with possible modes and/or transpositions.…
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(musTh212) Audio Examples
Derek Johnson has assembled audio files to match all of the musical examples in the Kostka text. You can download the collection as a zip file: http://ilocker.bsu.edu/users/kkothman/BSU_SHARED/212/Kostka.M&T.MusicalExamples.ver.1.0.zip Having these, and listening to them will be very helpful as you read through the text.
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(musTh 212) Scale Formations
Kostka categorizes scale formations according to the number of notes in the scale. For our purposes, you should keep track of the following (for each scale): The possibility of triads and seventh chords in the scale. What modes, if any, are possible with a given scale. How many transpositions of the scale are possible. For…