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<font size=+1><b>Music 253/CS 275a "Symbolic Musical Information"  <br> Stanford University (Winter 2015).</b></font>

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|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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<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 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 align=right><b>Instructors:</b></td>
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<td> Eleanor Selfridge-Field (esfield<small>&#64;</small>stanford.edu)<br>Craig Stuart Sapp (craig<small>&#64;</small>ccrma.stanford.edu)

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<td align=right><b>Office Hours:</b></td>
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<td>3:05&ndash;4:05 Tuesdays & Thursdays and by appointment.</td>
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<td align=right><b>Credits:</b></td>
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<td>2&ndash;4</td>
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<td align=right><b>Grading:</b></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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<td align=right><b>Website:</b></td>
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<td>[http://music253.stanford.edu music253.stanford.edu]<br>[http://wiki.ccarh.org/wiki/Music%20253 wiki.ccarh.org/wiki/Music 253]  [[Music 253|Overview]] of individual topics presented in Music 253.
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<td align=right><b>Prerequisites:</b></td>
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<td> Ability to read standard music notation. Knowledge of central concepts of tonal music theory (see [http://esf.ccarh.org/MusicTheory_Tutorials/MusicTheory_ComputerApps.htm Tutorial]).
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<td align=right><b>Textbook:</b></td>
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<td> E. Selfridge-Field, ed., <i>Beyond MIDI: The Handbook of Musical Codes</i> (MIT Press, 1997).  [http://beyondmidi.ccarh.org/beyondmidi-600dpi.pdf Available online] by permission of the publisher.
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* [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/lab Course resources]
* [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/ Handouts]
* [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/link/ Links]

== Syllabus ==

See also [[Music_254/CS_275b_Syllabus|Music 254/CS 275b Syllabus]]

Go to week: [[#week1|1]] |  [[#week2|2]] |  <font color="gray" size="-1">MIDI</font> [[#week3|3]] |  [[#week4|4]] |  <font color="gray" size="-1">SCORE</font> [[#week5|5]] |  [[#week6|6]] |  <font color="gray" size="-1">MuseData</font> [[#week7|7]] | <font color="gray" size="-1">XML</font>  [[#week8|8]] | <font color="gray" size="-1">Humdrum</font> [[#week9|9]] |  [[#week10|10]]

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! scope="col" width="20px" | Week
! scope="col" width="75px" | Dates
! scope="col" | Topics
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| <div id="week1"></div>1 || 6 Jan 2015 || 
<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 01B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/01B_ApplyingMusicalInformation_2015.pdf Applying Musical Information]
|-
| 1 || 8 Jan 2015 || 
<b>Music representation</b>
* Lecture C1: [[media:musicnotationandrepresentation.pdf|Music Notation and Representation]]
* Demo: [http://www.musanim.com/ Malinowski's Music Animation Machine]
* [[Rosetta Stone of Musical Data Codes]]
* Assignment #2: [[Design your own music representation system]] (due 15 Jan 2015)
* Lab #1: [[Guido Music Notation]]
* Assignment #1: Finish [[Guido]] lab exercises at home (due 15 Jan 2015)
|-
| <div id="week2"></div>2 || 13 Jan 2015 || 
<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]
* Lab #2a: [[Finale Simple Note Entry | Computer keyboard Input methods in Finale]]
|-
| 2 || 15 Jan 2015 || 
<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]
* Lab #2b: [[Finale Midi Entry | MIDI keyboard Input methods in Finale]]
* Assignment #3: Finish Lab 2 exercises (due 20 Jan 2015)
|-
| <div id="week3"></div>3 || 20 Jan 2015 || 
<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 C2: [[Media:Introduction_to_XML.pdf|Introduction to XML]]
* Lab #3: Optical music recognition with [[SharpEye]]
* Assignment #4: [[SharpEye]] to [[Finale]]/[[MuseScore]]/[[Noteflight]] (Due 27 Jan 2015)
|-
| 3 || 22 Jan 2015 || 
<b>MIDI Protocol/General MIDI</b>
* Lecture 03B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/03B_MIDI_Continuation_2015.pdf MIDI Continuation 2015]
* [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]]
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/bytetable/bytelist.pdf MIDI roadmap of the byte]
* Topic: MIDI bytes/messages ([[cinmidi]])
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/midiprotocol/ MIDI messages]
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| <div id="week4"></div>4 || 27 Jan 2015 || 
<b>Standard MIDI Files</b>
* Lecture  04A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04A_Standard%20MIDI%20Files_2015.ppt  Timbre and Quantization (MIDI)]
* Lecture C4: [[Media:Standard_MIDI_Files.pdf| Standard MIDI Files]]
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/smf/ Outline of the Standard MIDI File structure]
* Topic: [[Variable length values]]
* Assignment #5a: [[MIDI file parsing homework]]
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| 4 || 29 Jan 2015 || 
<b>MIDI Extensions/Wrap-up</b>
* Lecture 04B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04B_MIDi_Extensions_2014.pdf MIDI extensions and alternatives]
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/gminstruments/ General MIDI instruments] (plus percussion key numbers on channel 10)
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/controllers/ General MIDI continuous controllers]
* [http://code.google.com/p/binasc/wiki/mainpage binasc] tool for creating MIDI files in a text editor
* Assignment #5b: MIDI file creation (Due 3 March 2015)
|-
| <div id="week5"></div>5 || 3 Feb 2015 || 
<b>SCORE user input code</b>
* Lecture 05A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05A_SCORE%20Introduction_2015.pdf Introduction to SCORE]
* Lab: [[SCORE user input]]
* [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/scoreinput SCORE 5-Stage Input Reference]
|-
| 5 || 5 Feb 2015 || 
<b>SCORE music editor</b>
* Lecture 05B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05B_Special-Needs%20Repertories_2015.pdf Repertories with Special Needs]
* Lab: Input [[SCORE user input | exercises done on paper in previous session]]
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| <div id="week6"></div>6 || 10 Feb 2015 || 
<b>SCORE simple examples</b>
* Lecture 06A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06A_Special%20Situations%20in%20CMN_2015.pdf Special Situations in CMN] 
* Lab: Input [[SCORE user input 2 |slightly harder SCORE examples]]
* Homework #6: Finish [[SCORE user input 2]], due 20 February 2015
|-
| 6 || 12 Feb 2015 || 
<b>SCORE parameters</b>
* Lecture 06B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06B_TexturesTracks_2015.pdf Score Textures and Tracks]
* Lecture: [[Media:Score_parameters.pdf|SCORE parameters]]
* Score parameter examples: [[SCORE_note_parameters|notes]], [[SCORE_slur_parameters|slurs/ties]]
|-
| <div a="week7"></div>7 || 17 Feb 2015 || 
* Lecture 07A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/07A_EsAC-2015.pdf Codes for Archiving and Repurposing: The Essen Associative Code (EsAC)]
<b>SCORE parameters 2</b>
* Lab/Homework: [[SCORE_parameter_exercises|Hard SCORE exercises]], due 25 February 2015
|-
| 7 || 19 Feb 2015 || 
<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)]
* [[Beethoven String Quartets]]
* [http://github.com/musedata/beethoven-quartets MuseData files for the quartets]
* [http://github.com/musedata/muse2ps muse2ps for printing the MuseData files] 
|-
| <div id="week8"></div>8 || 24 Feb 2015 || 
<b> MusicXML </b>
* 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]]
|-
| 8 || 26 Feb 2015 ||
<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]

<b> MEI </b>
* Lecture: [[Media:MEI-presentation-20120228.pdf|MEI overview]]
* [[Media:30_short_mei_encoding_examples.pdf|30 Short MEI encoding examples]]
|-
| <div id="week9"></div>9 || 3 Mar 2015 || 
<b> Humdrum file format</b>
* Lecture 09A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09A_Humdrum-Intro.pdf Introduction to Humdrum (presented by David Huron)]
* Lecture: [[Media:Humdrum_file_format.pdf|Humdrum file format]]
|-
| 9 || 5 Mar 2015 || 
<b> Humdrum Analysis 1</b>
* Lecture 09B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09B_Uses%20of%20Humdrum.pdf Uses of Humdrum]
* Lab: [[Media:Humdrum_Tools_1.pdf|Humdrum Tools I]]
|-
| <div id="week10"></div>10 || 10 Mar 2015 || 
<b> Music as Intellectual Property</b>
* Lecture 10A.  [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10A_Basic%20Concepts%20in%20Music%20Copyright_2015.pdf Basic Concepts in Music Copyright]
* Lecture 10A (2015): Music Copyright
<b> Humdrum Analysis 2</b>
* Lecture/Demo: [[Media:Humdrum_Tools_2.pdf|Humdrum Tools II]]
* Lab: [[Humdrum Lab 1 | Humdrum Lab]]
|-
| 10 || 12 Mar 2015 || 
* Lecture 10B.  [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10B_MusicalDataIP_2015.pdf Musical Data as Intellectual Property] 
<b> Non-standard music representations in Humdrum </b>
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| <div id="week11"></div>FE || 19 Mar 2015 ||
<b> Take-home final due by 11 p.m.</b> 
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