Music 253/CS 275a Winter 2020 Syllabus
Music 253/CS 275a "Symbolic Musical Information"
Stanford University (Winter 2020).
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: | Tuesday & Thursdays 1:30–2:50 | |
Location: | Braun Music Building, Rooms 131, 128 (lab entry from Room 129) | |
Instructors: | Eleanor Selfridge-Field (esfield@stanford.edu) Craig Stuart Sapp (craig@ccrma.stanford.edu) | |
Office Hours: | 3:05–4:05 Tuesdays & Thursdays 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: Overview of individual topics presented in Music 253, and syllabus. | |
Prerequisites: | Ability to read standard music notation. Knowledge of central concepts of tonal music theory (see Tutorial). | |
Textbook: | E. Selfridge-Field, ed., Beyond MIDI: The Handbook of Musical Codes (MIT Press, 1997). Available online by permission of the publisher. |
Contents
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
Week 1
- Lecture 01A: Musical Information or PDF version or Video version
- Lecture C1: Music representation
- Demo: Malinowski's Music Animation Machine
- Assignment #1: Design your own music representation system (due 14 Jan 2020)
- Informal Course Participation Survey
- Lecture 01B: Applying Musical Information
- Lecture C1b: Rosetta stone of digital music representations (see also Rosetta Stone of Musical Data Codes wikipage)
- Lab #1: Guido Music Notation
- Assignment #2: Finish Guido lab exercises at home (due 16 Jan 2020)
Week | Dates | Topics |
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1 | 7 Jan 2020 |
Overview of music representation and course resources |
1 | 9 Jan 2020 |
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Week 2
- Lecture 02A: Input Methods for Musical Notation. Also here
- Lab #2a: Computer keyboard Input methods in MuseScore
- Lecture 2B: Sound-MIDI Introduction 2020
- Lab #2b: MIDI keyboard Input methods in Finale
- Assignment #3: Finish Lab 2 exercises (due 21 Jan 2020)
Week | Dates | Topics |
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2 | 14 Jan 2020 |
Input methods: textual input |
2 | 16 Jan 2020 |
Input methods: MIDI keyboard input |
Week 3
- Lecture 03A: Optical Music Recognition 2018.pdf
- Lecture C2: Introduction to XML
- Lab #3: Optical music recognition with SharpEye
- Assignment #4: SharpEye to Finale/MuseScore/Noteflight (Due 29 Jan 2020)
- Lecture 03B: MIDI Continuation
- Lecture C3a: MIDI protocol (extra: Hexadecimal numbers)
- Topic: MIDI roadmap of the byte
- Topic: MIDI bytes/messages (cinmidi)
- Topic: MIDI messages
Week | Dates | Topics |
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3 | 21 Jan 2020 |
Input methods: OMR and Data Interchange |
3 | 23 Jan 2020 |
MIDI Protocol |
Week 4
- Lecture C3b: Standard Midi Files
- Topic: Outline of the Standard MIDI File structure
- Topic: Variable length values
- Lecture 04A: MIDI Extensions (1) or PDF version
- Assignment #5a: MIDI file parsing homework (Due 4 Feb 2020)
- Lecture 04B: MIDI extensions (2) (PDF version)
- Lecture/Demo: Creating MIDI files by hand
- binasc tool for creating MIDI files in a text editor
- Topic: General MIDI instruments (plus percussion key numbers on channel 10)
- Topic: General MIDI continuous controllers
- Assignment #5b: MIDI file creation (Due 6 Feb 2020)
Week | Dates | Topics |
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4 | 28 Jan 2020 |
General MIDI/Standard MIDI Files |
4 | 30 Jan 2020 |
MIDI Extensions/Wrap-up |
Week 5
- Tour of the Archive of Recorded Sound and the Dennis Condon Collection of Reproducing Pianos and Rolls.
- MIDI notes (MIDI Plus and C++ parser & Guitar TAB to MIDI conversion)
- Lecture 05A: Introduction to SCORE or here
- Lab: SCORE user input (slides)
- SCORE 5-Stage Input Reference
- Lecture 05B. Repertories with Special Needs or here
- Lab: Input exercises done on paper in previous session
- SCORE survival guide
- Demonstration of Stanford's new piano roll scanner at the Digital Production Group lab in Green library
Week | Dates | Topics |
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5 | 4 Feb 2020 |
SCORE user input code |
5 | 6 Feb 2020 |
SCORE music editor |
TBA |
Piano roll scanning tour |
Week 6
- Lecture 06A. Extremes within CMN or here
- Lab: Input slightly harder SCORE examples
- Homework #6: Finish SCORE user input 2, due 18 Feb 2020
- Lecture 06B. Score textures and tracks or here
- Lecture: SCORE parameters
- Score parameter examples: notes, slurs/ties
- List of useful SCORE commands
Week | Dates | Topics |
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6 | 11 Feb 2020 |
SCORE simple examples |
6 | 13 Feb 2020 |
SCORE parameters |
Week 7
- Lecture 07A. Codes for data archiving, interchange, and analysis or here
- Guest Lecture: Mauricio Rodriguez: Typewriters and SCORE
- Lab/Homework: Hard SCORE exercises, due 27 Feb 2020
Week | Dates | Topics |
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7 | 18 Feb 2020 |
SCORE parameters 2 |
7 | 20 Feb 2020 |
MuseData |
Week 8
- Lecture 08A. Markup Languages for Music: MusicXML and MEIand here
- Lecture: MusicXML and musical parameters
- Lecture 08b. Base-40 Arithmetic for Music Appsand here
- Lecture: Introduction to MEI
- 30 Short MEI encoding examples
- XML homework (due next Thursday)
Week | Dates | Topics |
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8 | 25 Feb 2020 |
MusicXML |
8 | 27 Feb 2020 |
Transposition via Base-40 MEI |
Week 9
- Lecture 09A. Introduction to Humdrum or here
- Lecture: Humdrum file format
- Introduction to **kern music encoding
- Verovio Humdrum Viewer (2017 MEC presentation slides for VHV)
- Homework: Encode examples in Humdrum using VHV editor (due this Thursday).
- Lecture 09B. Uses of Humdrum or here
- Lab: Humdrum Lab
- Lab: Humdrum Tools I
- Humdrum homework (due next Thursday)
Week | Dates | Topics |
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9 | 4 Mar 2020 |
Humdrum file format |
9 | 6 Mar 2020 |
Humdrum Analysis 1
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Week 10
- Lecture 10A. Basic Concepts in Music Copyright and here
- Lecture 10B. What is musical similarity? or here
- Musical dice game
- Lecture/Demo: Humdrum Tools II
Week | Dates | Topics |
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10 | 11 Mar 2020 |
Music as Intellectual Property Humdrum Analysis 2 |
10 | 13 Mar 2020 |
Non-standard music representations in Humdrum Tab and Koto notation |
FE | 18 Mar 2020 |
Take-home final (4-credit students) 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.
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