Author: Keith Kothman
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(compMus2) Spectral Processing Intro
Audio Domains Up until this point, we’ve been talking about audio processing and synthesis in the time domain. Spectral processing takes place in the frequency domain. In the time domain, we represent sound as changing amplitude (y value) over time (x value). In the frequency domain, sound is represented as changing amplitude (y value) over…
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(musTh1) Phrases, Periods, and more
The book chapter (Ch. 12: Phrase Structure and Grouping) is relatively clear, so I’m not going to rehash everything from it, or class, here. I’ll just post some useful things to remember. Phrase lengths are typically multiple measures of two, with four being the most common. Since pickups balance out at beginning and end to…
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(musTh1) Phrase Assignment
Due Friday, Nov. 14th. In the workbook, pp. 86 – 88, complete #1: D, E, F, G, and H, but according to the following instructions (not those in the workbook). Mark phrases, periods, harmonies at cadences, and scale degrees at melodic cadences for each example. Do these diagrammatic markings in the workbook. Do not answer…
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(compMus2) Granular Synthesis Review
Overview Any sound can be thought of as containing discrete particles/time segments (grains) Duration of an individual grain is short – usually 1 ms to 100 ms. Within an individual grain, sound parameters are fixed. Change occurs as you progress from grain to grain. Parameters of Individual Grains Playback speed Index location (location in soundfile…
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(compMus2) Quiz on Friday
Short Quiz on Friday, 11/14. Topics: Granular Synthesis Filters (general, and Digital)
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(compMus2) Sprectal Intro Reading
From the Roads, Read pp. 1075 – 1078 (up to first bold sub-heading on page), and pp. 541 – 577.
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(musTh1) Read Chapter 12
For Monday, 11/10, read chapter 12 in the Gauldin, on “Phrase Structure and Grouping.”
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(musTh1) Assignment-more Ch. 11
Due Monday, 11/10: Workbook p. 80, 2F. Realize the figured bass, provide a Roman numeral analysis, and put embellishing harmonies in parentheses. p. 81, 3B. Harmonize the melody. Try to use some embellishing I and IV harmonies. p. 84, 5C. Include all three voices in your reduction (two upper voices, and one lower voice). Start…
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(musTh1) Assignment: ch. 10 and ch. 11
Due Wednesday, with part being old and part being new. p. 69, 5D. The example has a four measure phrase followed by a three measure phrase. Be sure to place the Roman numerals for embellishing V7’s in parentheses. pp. 77 – 78, 1 (lines two and three), and 2A. Be sure to recognize the NHT’s…
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(compMus2) Easy Geotagging and Attribution
Two issues have come up from early attempts to upload, attribute, and geotag samples on Freesound. Geotagging is much easier than I have made it out to be. You don’t need to use Google Earth at all. It’s built in to Freesound. Once you’ve uploaded a sample, and it has passed moderation (which only takes…