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Revision as of 02:24, 13 March 2014
Music 253/CS 275a "Symbolic Musical Information"
Stanford University (Winter 2014).
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%. |
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Website: | music253.stanford.edu wiki.ccarh.org/wiki/Music 253 Overview of individual topics presented in Music 253. |
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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. |
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
- Lecture 01A: Musical InformationVideo version
- Demo: Malinowski's Music Animation Machine
- Rosetta Stone of Musical Data Codes
- Assignment #1: Design your own music representation system (due 16 Jan 2014)
- Lecture 01B: Applying Musical Information
- Lab #1: Guido Music Notation
- Assignment #2: Finish Guido lab exercises at home (due 23 Jan 2014 at the latest)
- Lecture 02A-B: Input Methods for Musical Notation
- Lab #2a: Computer keyboard Input methods in Finale
- Lab #2b: MIDI keyboard Input methods in Finale
- Assignment #3: Finale homework (due 21 Jan 2014)
- Lecture 03A: Optical Music Recognition
- Lecture: Introduction to XML
- Lab #3: Optical music recognition with SharpEye
- Assignment #4: SharpEye to Finale/MuseScore/Noteflight
- Lecture 03B: From Analogue to Digital Sound (MIDI Introduction)
- Lecture: Hexadecimal numbers
- Topic: MIDI roadmap of the byte
- Topic: MIDI bytes/messages (cinmidi)
- Topic: MIDI messages
- Lecture 04A: Timbre and Quantization (MIDI)
- Lecture: Standard MIDI Files
- Topic: Outline of the Standard MIDI File structure
- Topic: Variable length values
- Assignment #5a: MIDI file parsing homework
- Lecture 04B: MIDI extensions and alternatives
- Topic: General MIDI instruments (plus percussion key numbers on channel 10)
- Topic: General MIDI continuous controllers
- binasc tool for creating MIDI files in a text editor
- Assignment #5b: MIDI file creation
- Lecture 05A: Introduction to SCORE
- Lab: SCORE user input
- SCORE 5-Stage Input Reference
- Lecture 05B. Repertories with Special Needs
- Lab: Input exercises done on paper in previous session
- Lecture 06A. Special Situations in CMN
- Lab: Input slightly harder SCORE examples
- Homework #6: Finish SCORE user input 2, due 18 February 2014
- Lecture 06B. Score Textures and Tracks
- Lecture: SCORE parameters
- Score parameter examples: notes, slurs/ties
- Lab/Homework: Hard SCORE exercises, due 25 February 2014
- Lecture 08A. Markup Languages for Music: MusicXML
- Lecture: MusicXML and musical parameters
- Lecture 08b. Base-40 Arithmetic for Music Apps
- Lecture 09A. Introduction to Humdrum (presented by David Huron)
- Lecture: Humdrum file format
- Lecture 09B. Uses of Humdrum
- Lab: Humdrum Tools I
- Lecture 10A. Basic Concepts in Music Copyright
- Lecture 10A (2014): Music Copyright (presented by Nick Tsui)
- Lecture/Demo: Humdrum Tools II
- Lab: Humdrum Lab
- Lecture 10B. Musical Data as Intellectual Property
Week | Dates | Topics |
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1 | 7 Jan 2014 |
Overview of music representation |
1 | 9 Jan 2014 |
Music representation and course resources |
2 | 14 Jan 2014 |
Notation software: input methods: MIDI #1 |
2 | 16 Jan 2014 |
Notation software: input methods: MIDI #2 |
3 | 21 Jan 2014 |
Input methods: OMR and Data Interchange |
3 | 23 Jan 2014 |
MIDI Protocol/General MIDI |
4 | 28 Jan 2014 |
Standard MIDI Files |
4 | 30 Jan 2014 |
MIDI Extensions/Wrap-up |
5 | 4 Feb 2014 |
SCORE user input code |
5 | 6 Feb 2014 |
SCORE music editor |
6 | 11 Feb 2014 |
SCORE simple examples |
6 | 13 Feb 2014 |
SCORE parameters |
7 | 18 Feb 2014 |
SCORE parameters 2 |
7 | 20 Feb 2014 |
MuseData |
8 | 25 Feb 2014 |
MusicXML |
8 | 27 Feb 2014 |
Transposition via Base-40 MEI |
9 | 4 Mar 2014 |
Humdrum file format |
9 | 6 Mar 2014 |
Humdrum Analysis 1 |
10 | 11 Mar 2014 |
Music as Intellectual Property Humdrum Analysis 2 |
10 | 13 Mar 2014 |
Non-standard music representations in Humdrum |
FE | 20 Mar 2014 |
Take-home final due by 11 p.m. |
General Policies and University Rules
General policies and university rules:
- Delivery times:
- Assignments: by the start of the class for which they are due.
- Final exam: by 11 p.m. of the assigned date.
- Honor code: We will act and expect you to act according to the Stanford Honor Code.
- 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).