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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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(form) Assignment 1: Structural Phenomena
Due: Monday, Aug. 29 (download assignment 1 with scores as pdf, from iLocker) Using the criteria outlined in Chapter 1 of A Practical Approach to From in Music, analyze the following works to identify structural phenomena. You should turn in a text paper, using an outline or bullet format to identify as many structural phenomena…
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(compMus2) Soundscape Compositional Techniques
otherwise known as closet of technique, 1: It’s important to develop a set of audio processes that you can apply to all samples as ways to generate material for your compositions. We’ve been going over some of these ways in class, but I want to make sure the list of possible things is clear. This…
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(compMus2) Some Tassman how-to's
Here, in no particular order, are some basic programming tips in Tassman to do some basic synth functions. Remember that modulation input settings, gain knobs, volume sliders, frequency settings on oscillators, and the like, are all initially set to zero values. After you hook up modules in Builder view you will need to adjust settings…
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(compMus1) Using Reason with Digital Performer
Rewire Reason and Digital Performer communicate using Rewire, which allows for audio and MIDI communication between separate applications. You can get a full explanation at the Propellerheads web site. For our purposes, you need to know that Rewire treats one application as the “master” device, and the other application as the “slave.” When using Reason…