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Revision as of 00:39, 28 February 2013
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%. |
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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
Go to week: 1 | 2 | MIDI 3 | 4 | SCORE 5 | 6 | MuseData 7 | XML 8 | Humdrum 9 | 10 |
- Lecture 01A: Musical Information
- Demo: Malinowski's Music Animation Machine
- Rosetta Stone of Musical Data Codes
- Assignment #1: Design your own music representation system (due 15 Jan 2012)
- Lecture 01B: Applying Musical Information
- Lab #1: Guido Music Notation
- Assignment #2: Finish Guido lab exercises at home
- Lecture 02A: Input for Musical Notation (1)
- Lecture 02B: Input for Musical Notation (2)
- Lab #2: MIDI keyboard Input methods in Finale
- Assignment #3: Finale homework (due 22 Jan 2012)
- 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: MIDI Introduction
- Lecture: Hexadecimal numbers
- Topic: MIDI roadmap of the byte
- Topic: MIDI bytes/messages (cinmidi)
- Topic: MIDI messages
- Lecture 04A: From Music to MIDI
- Lecture: Standard MIDI Files
- Topic: Outline of the Standard MIDI File structure
- Topic: Variable length values
- Topic: General MIDI instruments (plus percussion key numbers on channel 10)
- Lecture 04B: MIDI extensions and alternatives
- binasc tool for creating MIDI files in a text editor
- General MIDI continuous controllers
- Assignment #5: MIDI file parsing
- 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. Score Textures and Tracks
- Lab: Input slightly harder SCORE examples
- Homework: Finish SCORE user input 2, due 19 February 2013
- Lecture 06B. Special Situations in Common Music Notation (CMN)
- Lecture: SCORE parameters
- Score parameter examples: notes, slurs/ties
- Lab/Homework: Hard SCORE exercises, due 28 February 2013
- 30 Short MEI encoding examples
- Transposition
Week | Dates | Topics |
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1 | 8 Jan 2013 |
Overview of music representation |
1 | 10 Jan 2013 |
Music representation and course resources |
2 | 15 Jan 2013 |
Notation software: input methods: MIDI #1 |
2 | 17 Jan 2013 |
Notation software: input methods: MIDI #2 |
3 | 22 Jan 2013 |
Input methods: OMR and Data Interchange |
3 | 24 Jan 2013 |
MIDI Protocol/General MIDI |
4 | 29 Jan 2013 |
Standard MIDI Files |
4 | 31 Jan 2013 |
MIDI Extensions/Wrap-up |
5 | 5 Feb 2013 |
SCORE user input code |
5 | 7 Feb 2013 |
SCORE music editor |
6 | 12 Feb 2013 |
SCORE simple examples |
6 | 14 Feb 2013 |
SCORE parameters |
7 | 19 Feb 2013 |
SCORE parameters 2 |
7 | 21 Feb 2013 |
MuseData |
8 | 26 Feb 2013 |
MusicXML |
8 | 28 Feb 2013 |
MEI |
9 | 5 Mar 2013 |
Humdrum file format |
9 | 7 Mar 2013 |
Humdrum Analysis 1 |
10 | 12 Mar 2013 |
Humdrum Analysis 2 |
10 | 14 Mar 2013 |
Non-standard music representations in Humdrum |
FE | 21 Mar 2013 |
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).