Music 253/CS 275a Winter 2013 Syllabus

This is the homepage for Music 253/CS 275a "Symbolic Musical Information" at Stanford University (Winter 2013).

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.
Website:		music253.stanford.edu (this page) wiki.ccarh.org/wiki/Music 253 Overview of the 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 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 Lab #1: Guido Assignment #2: Finish lab exercises at home
2	15 Jan 2012	Notation software: input methods Input methods in Finale and Sibelius (intro) Assignment #3: Finale homework (due 22 Jan 2012)
2	17 Jan 2012	Optical music recognition: SharpEye Data interchange: MusicXML
3	22 Jan 2012	Discuss Finale homework Lab #2: SharpEye Assignment #4: SharpEye to Finale/Sibelius/MuseScore/Noteflight
3	24 Jan 2012	SCORE or MIDI?
4	29 Jan 2012
4	31 Jan 2012
5	5 Feb 2012
5	7 Feb 2012
6	12 Feb 2012
6	14 Feb 2012
7	19 Feb 2012
7	21 Feb 2012
8	26 Feb 2012
8	28 Feb 2012
9	5 Jan 2012
9	7 Jan 2012
10	12 Jan 2012
10	14 Jan 2012

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).