Author: Keith Kothman
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(musTh 212) Chopin Prelude 4 in e minor somewhat explained
Chopin’s Prelude 4 in e minor is an example of what can be called non-sequential chromatic voice leading. (Roig-Francoli call is non-sequential linar process.) What follows are the main features of the first twelve measures. Implied Tonality. The piece begins on first-inversion tonic triad, and it contains no dominant-t0-tonic progressions. It ends in measure twelve…
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(analyticTech) Schenker Intro, Beethoven link (UPDATED)
UPDATE: I created a new version of the reading assignment file. The new file is much smaller (289 KB vs. 7.5 MB), and Preview on the Mac can now open it. As promised, your reading assignment (iLocker, requiring your BSU username and password to get to). It uses Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 1, first movement…
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(maxmsp) Day 1 Example Patcher
A significantly cleaned up and commented version of the first day patcher I demo’ed is in my iLocker account. http://ilocker.bsu.edu/users/kkothman/WORLD_SHARED/mumet242/examplepatchers/day01.maxpat I made multiple versions of the patcher, incorporating add-on functionality into a new patcher for each step. Scroll down for each successively more involved patcher. I plan on using this starting patcher as my way…
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(maxmsp) Opening Day
Business on the web – fun in class… The Course Web Site If you made it here, you found the course web site. You can simplify things by using the “Classes/Categories” drop-down menu on the right to search for computerMusic3 posts, or more specifically, lecturenotes_cm3 or assignments_cm3. You can also use the Search box to…
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(musth 212) Assignment 1: Chopin, Prelude 4 in E minor
Due Wednesday, 1/12: iLocker: musth212assignment1.pdf To facilitate discussion of this piece on Wednesday, you can email me your answers to parts 2 and 3, and either copy the harmonies to your anthology or make a copy of this sheet to keep. You can also scan your RN analysis and email it to me, but please…
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(musth 212) Implied Tonality
Just a quick review of what it takes to establish a tonality, compared to how a composer implies a tonality. Tonality is established most strongly through harmonic cadential movement from dominant to tonic. Other aspects can contribute to the establishment of a tonal center, including melodic cadences and the use of functional harmony belonging to…
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(musTh 212) Opening Day – Syllabus Highlights
The business-end of things… The Course Web Site If you made it here, you found the course web site. You can simplify things by using the “Classes/Categories” drop-down menu on the right to search for musicTheory4 posts, or more specifically, lecturenotes_musth4 or assignments_musth4. You can also use the Search box to look for a more…
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(pianoPed) Notes about Web Site Projects
It seems kind of weird for me to be adding a piano pedagogy category, but I think it is good to post online all the teaching info that I can, and it might be of use to others. I want to summarize a few tips I went over in class, and provide a few helpful…
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(maxmsp) Gain slider, delay line intro
2/24/10 patchers are in iLocker. (It can be easier to grab multiple files using Fetch, available for free from UCS, or some other Windows/Mac FTP program. The server is ilocker.bsu.edu, and the directory is /users/kkothman/BSU_SHARED/242/examplePatchers.) New patchers: MSPBasic1f – a different way of sending target value and ramp time to line~ MSPBasic2b – gain~ slider,…
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(musTh2) Sequences and recent work
I’m in the process of catching up. The handouts from Dr. Oravitz should be the most helpful thing you have on the topic of sequences. I’ve posted them in my iLocker 112 folder (Common harmonic sequences, sequence repertoire) if you need to get another copy. A few words about sequences to reinforce some key points.…