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<font size=+1><b>Music 253/CS 275a "Symbolic Musical Information"  <br> Stanford University (Winter 2015).</b></font>
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<font size=+1><b>Music 253/CS 275a "Symbolic Musical Information"  <br> Stanford University (Winter 2016).</b></font>
  
 
This music-information course surveys symbolic frameworks and methods for a wide range
 
This music-information course surveys symbolic frameworks and methods for a wide range
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preparatory for [[Music 254|Music 254/CS 275B]] (Music Query, Analysis, and Style Simulation), which focuses on projects requiring a working knowledge of notation and sound software.
 
preparatory for [[Music 254|Music 254/CS 275B]] (Music Query, Analysis, and Style Simulation), which focuses on projects requiring a working knowledge of notation and sound software.
  
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This is an old syllabus.  Also see the [[Music 253/CS 275a Syllabus | most recent syllabus]].
  
 
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<td align=right><b>Meeting&nbsp;times:</b>
 
<td align=right><b>Meeting&nbsp;times:</b>
 
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<td>Tuesday & Thursdays 1:15&ndash;3:05</td>
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<td>Tuesday & Thursdays 1:30&ndash;2:50</td>
 
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<td align=right><b>Location:</b></td>
 
<td align=right><b>Location:</b></td>
 
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<td> Braun Music Building, room 128 (or entry also from room 129)</td>
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<td> Braun Music Building, Rooms 105, 128 (lab entry from Room 129)</td>
 
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Four-credits: class attendance: 25%; weekly assignments: 50%; take-home final: 25%. <br> Three-credit/no final: class attendance: 33%; weekly assignments: 67%. <br> Two-credit/no final: choices negotiable (selected homeworks).
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Four-credits: class attendance: 25%; weekly assignments: 50%; take-home final: 25%. <br> Three-credit/no final: class attendance: 33%; weekly assignments: 67%. <br> Two-credit/no final: choices negotiable (homework assignments selected in consultation with instructors).
 
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! scope="col" | Topics
 
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<b>Overview of music representation and course resources</b>  
 
<b>Overview of music representation and course resources</b>  
 
* Lecture 01A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253 Musical Information][http://www.screencast.com/t/H6W4piHb Video version]
 
* Lecture 01A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253 Musical Information][http://www.screencast.com/t/H6W4piHb Video version]
 
* Lecture 01B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/01B_ApplyingMusicalInformation_2015.pdf Applying Musical Information]
 
* Lecture 01B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/01B_ApplyingMusicalInformation_2015.pdf Applying Musical Information]
 
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| 1 || 8 Jan 2015 ||  
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| 1 || 7 Jan 2016 ||  
 
<b>Music representation</b>
 
<b>Music representation</b>
 
* Lecture C1: [[media:musicnotationandrepresentation.pdf|Music Notation and Representation]]
 
* Lecture C1: [[media:musicnotationandrepresentation.pdf|Music Notation and Representation]]
 
* Demo: [http://www.musanim.com/ Malinowski's Music Animation Machine]
 
* Demo: [http://www.musanim.com/ Malinowski's Music Animation Machine]
 
* [[Rosetta Stone of Musical Data Codes]]
 
* [[Rosetta Stone of Musical Data Codes]]
* Assignment #2: [[Design your own music representation system]] (due 15 Jan 2015)
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* Assignment #2: [[Design your own music representation system]] (due 14 Jan 2016)
 
* Lab #1: [[Guido Music Notation]]
 
* Lab #1: [[Guido Music Notation]]
* Assignment #1: Finish [[Guido]] lab exercises at home (due 15 Jan 2015)
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* Assignment #1: Finish [[Guido]] lab exercises at home (due 14 Jan 2016)
 
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| <div id="week2"></div>2 || 13 Jan 2015 ||  
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| <div id="week2"></div>2 || 12 Jan 2016 ||  
 
<b> Notation software: input methods: MIDI #1</b>
 
<b> Notation software: input methods: MIDI #1</b>
 
* Lecture 02A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/02A_Input_2015.pdf Input Methods for Musical Notation]
 
* Lecture 02A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/02A_Input_2015.pdf Input Methods for Musical Notation]
 
* Lab #2a: [[Finale Simple Note Entry | Computer keyboard Input methods in Finale]]
 
* Lab #2a: [[Finale Simple Note Entry | Computer keyboard Input methods in Finale]]
 
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| 2 || 15 Jan 2015 ||  
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| 2 || 14 Jan 2016 ||  
 
<b> Notation software: input methods: MIDI #2</b>
 
<b> Notation software: input methods: MIDI #2</b>
* Lecture 2B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/02B_Sound-MIDI_Introduction_2015.pdf Sound-MIDI Introduction 2015]
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* Lecture 2B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/02B_Sound-MIDI_Introduction_2015.pdf Sound-MIDI Introduction 2016]
 
* Lab #2b: [[Finale Midi Entry | MIDI keyboard Input methods in Finale]]
 
* Lab #2b: [[Finale Midi Entry | MIDI keyboard Input methods in Finale]]
* Assignment #3: Finish Lab 2 exercises (due 20 Jan 2015)
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* Assignment #3: Finish Lab 2 exercises (due 19 Jan 2016)
 
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| <div id="week3"></div>3 || 20 Jan 2015 ||  
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| <div id="week3"></div>3 || 19 Jan 2016 ||  
 
<b> Input methods: OMR and Data Interchange </b>
 
<b> Input methods: OMR and Data Interchange </b>
 
* Lecture 03A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/03A_Optical%20Music%20Recognition_2014.pdf Optical Music Recognition 2014.pdf]
 
* Lecture 03A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/03A_Optical%20Music%20Recognition_2014.pdf Optical Music Recognition 2014.pdf]
 
* Lecture C2: [[Media:Introduction_to_XML.pdf|Introduction to XML]]
 
* Lecture C2: [[Media:Introduction_to_XML.pdf|Introduction to XML]]
 
* Lab #3: Optical music recognition with [[SharpEye]]
 
* Lab #3: Optical music recognition with [[SharpEye]]
* Assignment #4: [[SharpEye]] to [[Finale]]/[[MuseScore]]/[[Noteflight]] (Due 27 Jan 2015)
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* Assignment #4: [[SharpEye]] to [[Finale]]/[[MuseScore]]/[[Noteflight]] (Due 26 Jan 2016)
 
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| 3 || 22 Jan 2015 ||  
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| 3 || 21 Jan 2016 ||  
 
<b>MIDI Protocol/General MIDI</b>
 
<b>MIDI Protocol/General MIDI</b>
* Lecture 03B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/03B_MIDI_Continuation_2015.pdf MIDI Continuation 2015]
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* Lecture 03B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/03B_MIDI_Continuation_2015.pdf MIDI Continuation 2016]
 
* [http://library.stanford.edu/ars Tour of the Archive of Recorded Sound] and the [http://library.stanford.edu/blogs/stanford-libraries-blog/2014/09/introducing-denis-condon-collection-reproducing-pianos-and Dennis Condon Collection of Reproducing Pianos and Rolls].
 
* [http://library.stanford.edu/ars Tour of the Archive of Recorded Sound] and the [http://library.stanford.edu/blogs/stanford-libraries-blog/2014/09/introducing-denis-condon-collection-reproducing-pianos-and Dennis Condon Collection of Reproducing Pianos and Rolls].
 
* Lecture C3: [[Media:Hexadecimal_numbers.pdf|Hexadecimal numbers]]
 
* Lecture C3: [[Media:Hexadecimal_numbers.pdf|Hexadecimal numbers]]
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* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/midiprotocol/ MIDI messages]
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/midiprotocol/ MIDI messages]
 
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| <div id="week4"></div>4 || 27 Jan 2015 ||  
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| <div id="week4"></div>4 || 26 Jan 2016 ||  
 
<b>Standard MIDI Files</b>
 
<b>Standard MIDI Files</b>
 
* Lecture  04A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04A_Standard%20MIDI%20Files_2015.pdf  Timbre and Quantization (MIDI)]
 
* Lecture  04A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04A_Standard%20MIDI%20Files_2015.pdf  Timbre and Quantization (MIDI)]
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* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/smf/ Outline of the Standard MIDI File structure]
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/smf/ Outline of the Standard MIDI File structure]
 
* Topic: [[Variable length values]]
 
* Topic: [[Variable length values]]
* Assignment #5a: [[MIDI file parsing homework]] (Due 3 Feb 2015)
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* Assignment #5a: [[MIDI file parsing homework]] (Due 2 Feb 2016)
 
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| 4 || 29 Jan 2015 ||  
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| 4 || 28 Jan 2016 ||  
 
<b>MIDI Extensions/Wrap-up</b>
 
<b>MIDI Extensions/Wrap-up</b>
 
* Lecture 04B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04B_MIDi_Extensions_2015.pdf MIDI extensions and alternatives]
 
* Lecture 04B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04B_MIDi_Extensions_2015.pdf MIDI extensions and alternatives]
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* Assignment #5b: [[media:Assignment5b-music253-2015.pdf|MIDI file creation]]
 
* Assignment #5b: [[media:Assignment5b-music253-2015.pdf|MIDI file creation]]
 
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| <div id="week5"></div>5 || 3 Feb 2015 ||  
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| <div id="week5"></div>5 || 2 Feb 2016 ||  
 
<b>SCORE user input code</b>
 
<b>SCORE user input code</b>
 
* Lecture 05A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05A_SCORE%20Introduction_2015.pdf Introduction to SCORE]
 
* Lecture 05A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05A_SCORE%20Introduction_2015.pdf Introduction to SCORE]
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* [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/scoreinput SCORE 5-Stage Input Reference]
 
* [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/scoreinput SCORE 5-Stage Input Reference]
 
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| 5 || 5 Feb 2015 ||  
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| 5 || 4 Feb 2016 ||  
 
<b>SCORE music editor</b>
 
<b>SCORE music editor</b>
 
* Lecture 05B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05B_Special-Needs%20Repertories_2015.pdf Repertories with Special Needs]
 
* Lecture 05B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05B_Special-Needs%20Repertories_2015.pdf Repertories with Special Needs]
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* [[SCORE survival guide]]
 
* [[SCORE survival guide]]
 
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| <div id="week6"></div>6 || 10 Feb 2015 ||  
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| <div id="week6"></div>6 || 09 Feb 2016 ||  
 
<b>SCORE simple examples</b>
 
<b>SCORE simple examples</b>
 
* Lecture 06A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06A_Extremes%20within%20CMN_2015.pdf Extremes within CMN]  
 
* Lecture 06A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06A_Extremes%20within%20CMN_2015.pdf Extremes within CMN]  
 
* Lab: Input [[SCORE user input 2 |slightly harder SCORE examples]]
 
* Lab: Input [[SCORE user input 2 |slightly harder SCORE examples]]
* Homework #6: Finish [[SCORE user input 2]], due 17 February 2015
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* Homework #6: Finish [[SCORE user input 2]], due 16 February 2016
 
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| 6 || 12 Feb 2015 ||  
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| 6 || 11 Feb 2016 ||  
 
<b>SCORE parameters</b>
 
<b>SCORE parameters</b>
 
* Lecture 06B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06B_TexturesTracks_2015.pdf Score textures and tracks]
 
* Lecture 06B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06B_TexturesTracks_2015.pdf Score textures and tracks]
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* Score parameter examples: [[SCORE_note_parameters|notes]], [[SCORE_slur_parameters|slurs/ties]]
 
* Score parameter examples: [[SCORE_note_parameters|notes]], [[SCORE_slur_parameters|slurs/ties]]
 
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| <div a="week7"></div>7 || 17 Feb 2015 ||  
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| <div a="week7"></div>7 || 16 Feb 2016 ||  
 
* Lecture 07A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/07A_EsAC-2015.pdf Codes for Archiving and Repurposing: The Essen Associative Code (EsAC)]  
 
* Lecture 07A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/07A_EsAC-2015.pdf Codes for Archiving and Repurposing: The Essen Associative Code (EsAC)]  
 
* Lecture 07AB (alternative). [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/07AB_EsAC-MuseData-2015.pdf Multipurpose code: EsAC and MuseData]
 
* Lecture 07AB (alternative). [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/07AB_EsAC-MuseData-2015.pdf Multipurpose code: EsAC and MuseData]
 
<b>SCORE parameters 2</b>
 
<b>SCORE parameters 2</b>
* Lab/Homework: [[SCORE_parameter_exercises|Hard SCORE exercises]], due 25 February 2015
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* Lab/Homework: [[SCORE_parameter_exercises|Hard SCORE exercises]], due 25 February 2016
 
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| 7 || 19 Feb 2015 ||  
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| 7 || 18 Feb 2016 ||  
 
<b> MuseData</b>
 
<b> MuseData</b>
 
* Lecture 07B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/07B_Codes%20for%20data%20%20archiving,%20interchange_WBH.pdf Codes for Archiving and Repurposing: MuseData (presented by Walter B. Hewlett)]
 
* Lecture 07B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/07B_Codes%20for%20data%20%20archiving,%20interchange_WBH.pdf Codes for Archiving and Repurposing: MuseData (presented by Walter B. Hewlett)]
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* [http://github.com/musedata/muse2ps muse2ps for printing the MuseData files]  
 
* [http://github.com/musedata/muse2ps muse2ps for printing the MuseData files]  
 
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| <div id="week8"></div>8 || 24 Feb 2015 ||  
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| <div id="week8"></div>8 || 23 Feb 2016 ||  
 
<b> MusicXML </b>
 
<b> MusicXML </b>
 
* Lecture 08A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/08A_MusicXML_2015.pdf Markup Languages for Music: MusicXML]
 
* Lecture 08A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/08A_MusicXML_2015.pdf Markup Languages for Music: MusicXML]
 
* Lecture: [[Media:MusicXML_and_musical_parameters.pdf|MusicXML and musical parameters]]
 
* Lecture: [[Media:MusicXML_and_musical_parameters.pdf|MusicXML and musical parameters]]
 
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| 8 || 26 Feb 2015 ||
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| 8 || 25 Feb 2016 ||
 
<b> Transposition via Base-40 </b>
 
<b> Transposition via Base-40 </b>
 
* Lecture 08b. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/08b_Base-40-2015.pdf Base-40 Arithmetic for Music Apps]
 
* Lecture 08b. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/08b_Base-40-2015.pdf Base-40 Arithmetic for Music Apps]
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* [[Media:30_short_mei_encoding_examples.pdf|30 Short MEI encoding examples]]
 
* [[Media:30_short_mei_encoding_examples.pdf|30 Short MEI encoding examples]]
 
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| <div id="week9"></div>9 || 3 Mar 2015 ||  
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| <div id="week9"></div>9 || 2 Mar 2016 ||  
 
<b> Humdrum file format</b>
 
<b> Humdrum file format</b>
 
* Lecture 09A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09A_Humdrum-Intro_2015.pdf Introduction to Humdrum]
 
* Lecture 09A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09A_Humdrum-Intro_2015.pdf Introduction to Humdrum]
 
* Lecture: [[Media:Humdrum_file_format.pdf|Humdrum file format]]
 
* Lecture: [[Media:Humdrum_file_format.pdf|Humdrum file format]]
 
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| 9 || 5 Mar 2015 ||  
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| 9 || 4 Mar 2016 ||  
 
<b> Humdrum Analysis 1</b>
 
<b> Humdrum Analysis 1</b>
 
* Lecture 09B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09B_Uses%20of%20Humdrum_2015.pdf Uses of Humdrum]
 
* Lecture 09B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09B_Uses%20of%20Humdrum_2015.pdf Uses of Humdrum]
 
* Lab: [[Media:Humdrum_Tools_1.pdf|Humdrum Tools I]]
 
* Lab: [[Media:Humdrum_Tools_1.pdf|Humdrum Tools I]]
 
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| <div id="week10"></div>10 || 10 Mar 2015 ||  
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| <div id="week10"></div>10 || 10 Mar 2016 ||  
 
<b> Music as Intellectual Property</b>
 
<b> Music as Intellectual Property</b>
 
* Lecture 10A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10A_Basic%20Concepts%20in%20Music%20Copyright_2015b.pdf Basic Concepts in Music Copyright]
 
* Lecture 10A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10A_Basic%20Concepts%20in%20Music%20Copyright_2015b.pdf Basic Concepts in Music Copyright]
* Lecture 10A (2015): Music Copyright
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* Lecture 10A (2016): Music Copyright
 
<b> Humdrum Analysis 2</b>
 
<b> Humdrum Analysis 2</b>
 
* Lecture/Demo: [[Media:Humdrum_Tools_2.pdf|Humdrum Tools II]]
 
* Lecture/Demo: [[Media:Humdrum_Tools_2.pdf|Humdrum Tools II]]
 
* Lab: [[Humdrum Lab 1 | Humdrum Lab]]
 
* Lab: [[Humdrum Lab 1 | Humdrum Lab]]
 
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| 10 || 12 Mar 2015 ||  
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| 10 || 11 Mar 2016 ||  
 
* Lecture 10B.  [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10b_From%20IP%20to%20Data%20resources_2015.pdf From IP to Data Resources]  
 
* Lecture 10B.  [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10b_From%20IP%20to%20Data%20resources_2015.pdf From IP to Data Resources]  
 
<b> Non-standard music representations in Humdrum </b>
 
<b> Non-standard music representations in Humdrum </b>
 
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| <div id="week11"></div>FE || 18 Mar 2016 ||
<b> Take-home final due by 11 p.m.</b>  
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<b> Take-home final (4-credit students) due by 11 p.m.</b>  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:23, 5 January 2016

Music 253/CS 275a "Symbolic Musical Information"
Stanford University (Winter 2016).

This music-information course surveys symbolic frameworks and methods for a wide range of musical applications. Areas covered include advanced notation systems, optical music recognition, data conversion and synchronization, and the internal structure of data files. The course is preparatory for Music 254/CS 275B (Music Query, Analysis, and Style Simulation), which focuses on projects requiring a working knowledge of notation and sound software.

This is an old syllabus. Also see the most recent syllabus.

Meeting times: Tuesday & Thursdays 1:30–2:50
Location: Braun Music Building, Rooms 105, 128 (lab entry from Room 129)
Instructors: Eleanor Selfridge-Field (esfield@stanford.edu)
Craig Stuart Sapp (craig@ccrma.stanford.edu)
Office Hours: 3:05–4:05 Tuesdays & Thursdays and by appointment.
Credits: 2–4
Grading:

Four-credits: class attendance: 25%; weekly assignments: 50%; take-home final: 25%.
Three-credit/no final: class attendance: 33%; weekly assignments: 67%.
Two-credit/no final: choices negotiable (homework assignments selected in consultation with instructors).

Website: music253.stanford.edu
wiki.ccarh.org/wiki/Music 253 Overview of individual topics presented in Music 253.
Prerequisites: Ability to read standard music notation. Knowledge of central concepts of tonal music theory (see Tutorial).
Textbook: E. Selfridge-Field, ed., Beyond MIDI: The Handbook of Musical Codes (MIT Press, 1997). Available online by permission of the publisher.

Syllabus

See also Music 254/CS 275b Syllabus

Go to week: 1 | 2 | MIDI 3 | 4 | SCORE 5 | 6 | MuseData 7 | XML 8 | Humdrum 9 | 10

General Policies and University Rules

General policies and university rules:

  1. Delivery times:
    1. Assignments: by the start of the class for which they are due.
    2. Final exam: by 11 p.m. of the assigned date.
  2. Honor code: We will act and expect you to act according to the Stanford Honor Code.
  3. Students with disabilities: Students who may need an academic accommodation based on the impact of a disability must initiate the request with the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) located within the Office of Accessible Education (OAE). SDRC staff will evaluate the request with required documentation, recommend reasonable accommodations, and prepare an Accommodation Letter for faculty dated in the current quarter in which the request is being made. Students should contact the SDRC as soon as possible since timely notice is needed to coordinate accommodations. The OAE is located at 563 Salvatierra Walk (phone 723-1066).