Music 253/CS 275a Winter 2013 Syllabus

Music 253/CS 275a "Symbolic Musical Information"
Stanford University (Winter 2013).

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.

Meeting times:		Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:15–3:05
Location:		Braun Music Building, room 128 (or entry also from room 129)
Instructors:		Eleanor Selfridge-Field (esfield@stanford.edu) Craig Stuart Sapp (craig@ccrma.stanford.edu)
Office Hours:		3:05–4:05 Wednesdays 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 (selected homeworks).
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 theoory (see Tutorial).
Textbook:		E. Selfridge-Field, ed., Beyond MIDI: The Handbook of Musical Codes (MIT Press, 1997). Available online by permission of the publisher.

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Syllabus

Week	Dates	Topics
1	8 Jan 2012	Overview of music representation Lecture: 01a_Musical Information Malinowski's Music Animation Machine Rosetta Stone of Musical Data Codes Assignment #1: Design your own music representation system (due 15 Jan 2012)
1	10 Jan 2012	Music representation and course resources Lecture: 01b_Applying Musical Information Lab #1: Guido Music Notation Assignment #2: Finish Guido lab exercises at home
2	15 Jan 2012	Notation software: input methods: MIDI #1
2	17 Jan 2012	Notation software: input methods: MIDI #2 Lab #2: MIDI keyboard Input methods in Finale Assignment #3: Finale homework (due 22 Jan 2012)
3	22 Jan 2012	Input methods: OMR and Data Interchange Optical music recognition: SharpEye Introduction to MusicXML Discuss Finale homework Lab #3: SharpEye Assignment #4: SharpEye to Finale/MuseScore/Noteflight
3	24 Jan 2012	MIDI Protocol/General MIDI Lecture: Hexadecimal numbers Lecture/Lab: MIDI bytes/messages (cinmidi)
4	29 Jan 2012	Standard MIDI Files Variable length values Assignment: MIDI file parsing
4	31 Jan 2012	MIDI Extensions/Wrap-up
5	5 Feb 2012	SCORE user input code
5	7 Feb 2012	SCORE music editor
6	12 Feb 2012	SCORE simple examples
6	14 Feb 2012	SCORE parameters
7	19 Feb 2012	SCORE hard examples
7	21 Feb 2012	MuseData & MusicXML
8	26 Feb 2012	MEI
8	28 Feb 2012
9	5 Mar 2012	Humdrum file format
9	7 Mar 2012	Humdrum Analysis 1
10	12 Mar 2012	Humdrum Analysis 2
10	14 Mar 2012	Non-standard music representations in Humdrum

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 accommdations. The OAE is located at 563 Salvatierra Walk (phone 723-1066).