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<b>Overview of music representation and course resources</b>  
 
<b>Overview of music representation and course resources</b>  
* Lecture 01A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/01A_MusicalInformation_2018.pdf Musical Information][http://www.screencast.com/t/H6W4piHb Video version]
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* Lecture 01A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/01A_MusicalInformation_2019.ppt Musical Information] or [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/01A_MusicalInformation_2019.pdf PDF version] or [http://www.screencast.com/t/H6W4piHb Video version]
* Lecture C1: [[media:musicnotationandrepresentation.pdf|Music Notation and Representation]] ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yDfZT5GBGTlr551ojYQ8h1RTdNeYfAyn5LHHxnHdu8E/edit?usp=sharing bit.ly/music253-music_representation])
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* Lecture C1: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yDfZT5GBGTlr551ojYQ8h1RTdNeYfAyn5LHHxnHdu8E/edit?usp=sharing   Music representation]
 
* Demo: [http://www.musanim.com/ Malinowski's Music Animation Machine]
 
* Demo: [http://www.musanim.com/ Malinowski's Music Animation Machine]
 
* Assignment #1: [[Design your own music representation system]] (due 15 Jan 2019)
 
* Assignment #1: [[Design your own music representation system]] (due 15 Jan 2019)
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* Lab #2b: [[Finale Midi Entry | MIDI keyboard Input methods in Finale]]
 
* Lab #2b: [[Finale Midi Entry | MIDI keyboard Input methods in Finale]]
 
* Assignment #3: Finish Lab 2 exercises (due 22 Jan 2019)
 
* Assignment #3: Finish Lab 2 exercises (due 22 Jan 2019)
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=== Week 3 ===
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<b>MIDI Protocol</b>
 
<b>MIDI Protocol</b>
 
* Lecture 03B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/03B-4A_MIDI_Continuation_2019.pdf MIDI Continuation 2019]
 
* Lecture 03B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/03B-4A_MIDI_Continuation_2019.pdf MIDI Continuation 2019]
* Lecture C3a: [[Media:MIDI_protocol.pdf|MIDI protocol]] (extra: [[Media:Hexadecimal_numbers.pdf|Hexadecimal numbers]])
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* Lecture C3a: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zwTqFNv_6gvhXKjhYcXu7TOKS-dLaWJ7M-PoTYDKiNA/edit?usp=sharing MIDI protocol] (extra: [[Media:Hexadecimal_numbers.pdf|Hexadecimal numbers]])
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/bytetable/bytelist.pdf MIDI roadmap of the byte]
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/bytetable/bytelist.pdf MIDI roadmap of the byte]
 
* Topic: MIDI bytes/messages ([[cinmidi]])
 
* Topic: MIDI bytes/messages ([[cinmidi]])
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/midiprotocol/ MIDI messages]
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/midiprotocol/ MIDI messages]
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=== Week 4 ===
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| <div id="week4"></div>4 || 29 Jan 2019 ||  
 
| <div id="week4"></div>4 || 29 Jan 2019 ||  
 
<b>General MIDI/Standard MIDI Files</b>
 
<b>General MIDI/Standard MIDI Files</b>
* Lecture C3b: [[Media:Standard_MIDI_Files.pdf| Standard MIDI Files]]
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* Lecture C3b: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13hs6Q0j56aSTcti6zGHmONgHIKj1oJa88eAy9T8prE4/edit?usp=sharing Standard Midi Files]
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/smf/ Outline of the Standard MIDI File structure]
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/smf/ Outline of the Standard MIDI File structure]
 
* Topic: [[Variable length values]]
 
* Topic: [[Variable length values]]
* Lecture  04A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04A_Standard%20MIDI%20Files_2018.pdf  Timbre and Quantization (MIDI)]
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* Lecture  04A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04AA_MIDi_Extensions_2019.ppt MIDI Extensions (1)] or [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04AA_MIDi_Extensions_2019.pdf PDF version]
 
* Assignment #5a: [[MIDI file parsing homework]] (Due 5 Feb 2019)
 
* Assignment #5a: [[MIDI file parsing homework]] (Due 5 Feb 2019)
 
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| 4 || 31 Jan 2019 ||  
 
| 4 || 31 Jan 2019 ||  
 
<b>MIDI Extensions/Wrap-up</b>
 
<b>MIDI Extensions/Wrap-up</b>
* Lecture 04B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04B_MIDi_Extensions_2018.pdf MIDI extensions and alternatives]
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* Lecture 04B: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04BB_MIDI-Extensions2_2019.pptx MIDI extensions (2)] ([http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/04BB_MIDI-Extensions2_2019.pdf PDF version])
* Lecture/Demo: [[Media:MidiFileCreation.pdf|Creating MIDI files by hand]]
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* Lecture/Demo: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_6oxivRKMQ0hrsvIV2oFxWCMZ2jHpIu2aSJs6-GiGQ8/edit?usp=sharing Creating MIDI files by hand]
 
* [https://github.com/craigsapp/binasc binasc] tool for creating MIDI files in a text editor
 
* [https://github.com/craigsapp/binasc binasc] tool for creating MIDI files in a text editor
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/gminstruments/ General MIDI instruments] (plus percussion key numbers on channel 10)
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/gminstruments/ General MIDI instruments] (plus percussion key numbers on channel 10)
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/controllers/ General MIDI continuous controllers]
 
* Topic: [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/controllers/ General MIDI continuous controllers]
 
* Assignment #5b: [[MIDI file creation]] (Due 7 Feb 2019)
 
* Assignment #5b: [[MIDI file creation]] (Due 7 Feb 2019)
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| <div id="week5"></div>5 || 5 Feb 2019 ||  
 
| <div id="week5"></div>5 || 5 Feb 2019 ||  
 
* [http://library.stanford.edu/ars Tour of the Archive of Recorded Sound] and the [http://library.stanford.edu/blogs/stanford-libraries-blog/2014/09/introducing-denis-condon-collection-reproducing-pianos-and Dennis Condon Collection of Reproducing Pianos and Rolls].
 
* [http://library.stanford.edu/ars Tour of the Archive of Recorded Sound] and the [http://library.stanford.edu/blogs/stanford-libraries-blog/2014/09/introducing-denis-condon-collection-reproducing-pianos-and Dennis Condon Collection of Reproducing Pianos and Rolls].
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* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xPWh69UPNmSt0Oqa_SmZqb0gMYO_LcIY94FoZXOFH4c/edit?usp=sharing MIDI notes] (MIDI Plus and C++ parser & Guitar TAB  to MIDI conversion)
 
<b>SCORE user input code</b>
 
<b>SCORE user input code</b>
* Lecture 05A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05A_SCORE%20Introduction_2018.pdf Introduction to SCORE]
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* Lecture 05A: [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05A_SCORE%20Introduction_2017.ppt Introduction to SCORE] or [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05A_SCORE%20Introduction_2016.pdf here]
* Lab: [[SCORE user input]]
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* Lab: [[SCORE user input]] ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1huO1MX1aGTZKFksIVb4EJqGNa5L5tNTffKWWPkX7728/edit?usp=sharing slides])
 
* [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/scoreinput SCORE 5-Stage Input Reference]
 
* [http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/handout/scoreinput SCORE 5-Stage Input Reference]
 
 
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| 5 || 7 Feb 2019 ||  
 
| 5 || 7 Feb 2019 ||  
 
<b>SCORE music editor</b>
 
<b>SCORE music editor</b>
* Lecture 05B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05B_Special-Needs%20Repertories_2018.pdf Repertories with Special Needs]
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* Lecture 05B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05B_Special-Needs%20Repertories_2016.ppt Repertories with Special Needs] or [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/05B_Special-Needs%20Repertories_2016.pdf here]
 
* Lab: Input [[SCORE user input | exercises done on paper in previous session]]
 
* Lab: Input [[SCORE user input | exercises done on paper in previous session]]
 
* [[SCORE survival guide]]
 
* [[SCORE survival guide]]
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|  || TBA ||  
 
|  || TBA ||  
 
<b>Piano roll scanning tour</b>
 
<b>Piano roll scanning tour</b>
* Demonstration of Stanford's new piano roll scanner at the [https://library.stanford.edu/research/digitization-services/labs/digital-production-group Digital Production Group] lab in Green library, two tours: 2pm and 3pm.
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* Demonstration of Stanford's new piano roll scanner at the [https://library.stanford.edu/research/digitization-services/labs/digital-production-group Digital Production Group] lab in Green library
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| <div id="week6"></div>6 || 12 Feb 2019 ||  
 
<b>SCORE simple examples</b>
 
<b>SCORE simple examples</b>
* Lecture 06A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06A_Extremes%20within%20CMN_2015.pdf Extremes within CMN]  
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* Lecture 06A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06A_Extremes%20within%20CMN_2016.ppt Extremes within CMN] or [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06A_Extremes%20within%20CMN_2016.pdf here]
 
* Lab: Input [[SCORE user input 2 |slightly harder SCORE examples]]
 
* Lab: Input [[SCORE user input 2 |slightly harder SCORE examples]]
 
* Homework #6: Finish [[SCORE user input 2]], due 19 Feb 2019
 
* Homework #6: Finish [[SCORE user input 2]], due 19 Feb 2019
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| 6 || 14 Feb 2019 ||  
 
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<b>SCORE parameters</b>
 
<b>SCORE parameters</b>
* Lecture 06B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06B_TexturesTracks_2015.pdf Score textures and tracks]
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* Lecture 06B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06B_TexturesTracks_2016.ppt Score textures and tracks] or [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/06B_TexturesTracks_2016.pdf here]
* Lecture: [[Media:Score_parameters.pdf|SCORE parameters]]
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* Lecture: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YLXSje3Snxm6nkx0JQZaUs3FyGia3plYl4gveu0eXEg/edit?usp=sharing SCORE parameters]
 
* Score parameter examples: [[SCORE_note_parameters|notes]], [[SCORE_slur_parameters|slurs/ties]]
 
* Score parameter examples: [[SCORE_note_parameters|notes]], [[SCORE_slur_parameters|slurs/ties]]
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* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G0H_0jTgxSsWWnEet0GIG2WKheDshLmP-sZkiBKzKpM/edit?usp=sharing List of useful SCORE commands]
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=== Week 7 ===
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| <div a="week7"></div>7 || 19 Feb 2019 ||  
* Lecture 07A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/07_EsAC-PE-2018.pdf Codes for Archiving and Repurposing: The Essen Associative Code (EsAC) and Plaine & Easie (used in RISM)]
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* Lecture 07A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/07A_EsAC-MuseData-2019.ppt Codes for data archiving, interchange, and analysis] or [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/07A_EsAC-MuseData-2018.pdf here]
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* Guest Lecture: Mauricio Rodriguez: Typewriters and SCORE
  
 
<b>SCORE parameters 2</b>
 
<b>SCORE parameters 2</b>
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* [http://github.com/musedata/beethoven-quartets MuseData files for the quartets]
 
* [http://github.com/musedata/beethoven-quartets MuseData files for the quartets]
 
* [http://github.com/musedata/muse2ps muse2ps for printing the MuseData files]  
 
* [http://github.com/musedata/muse2ps muse2ps for printing the MuseData files]  
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| <div id="week8"></div>8 || 26 Feb 2019 ||  
 
| <div id="week8"></div>8 || 26 Feb 2019 ||  
 
<b> MusicXML </b>
 
<b> MusicXML </b>
* Lecture 08A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/08A_MusicXML_MEI_2018.pdf Markup Languages for Music: MusicXML and MEI]
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* Lecture 08A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/08A_MusicXML_MEI_2019.pdf Markup Languages for Music: MusicXML and MEI]and [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/08A_MusicXML_MEI_2019.ppt here]
* Lecture: [[Media:MusicXML_and_musical_parameters.pdf|MusicXML and musical parameters]]
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* Lecture: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1N1zLKy6DgGyW6S0JAtJDZSk3K94I2-r1uj_yjdXun_0/edit?usp=sharing  MusicXML and musical parameters]
 
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| 8 || 28 Feb 2019 ||
 
| 8 || 28 Feb 2019 ||
 
<b> Transposition via Base-40 </b>
 
<b> Transposition via Base-40 </b>
* Lecture 08b. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/08b_Base-40-2018.pdf Base-40 Arithmetic for Music Apps]
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* Lecture 08b. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/08b_Base-40-2019.ppt  Base-40 Arithmetic for Music Apps]and [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/08b_Base-40-2019.pdf here]
  
 
<b> MEI </b>
 
<b> MEI </b>
* Lecture: [[Media:MEI-presentation-20120228.pdf|MEI overview]]
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* Lecture: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Bb8e6j7u_56aTp8buZjhbbMIpKR8UK0uSTxu2Vnw9GM/edit?usp=sharing Introduction to MEI]
 
* [[Media:30_short_mei_encoding_examples.pdf|30 Short MEI encoding examples]]
 
* [[Media:30_short_mei_encoding_examples.pdf|30 Short MEI encoding examples]]
 
* [[MusicXML and MEI homework | XML homework]] (due next Thursday)
 
* [[MusicXML and MEI homework | XML homework]] (due next Thursday)
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| <div id="week9"></div>9 || 5 Mar 2019 ||  
 
| <div id="week9"></div>9 || 5 Mar 2019 ||  
 
<b> Humdrum file format</b>
 
<b> Humdrum file format</b>
* Lecture 09A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09A_Humdrum-Intro_2015.pdf Introduction to Humdrum]
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* Lecture 09A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09A_Humdrum-Intro_2018.pdf Introduction to Humdrum] or [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09A_Humdrum-Intro_2018.pdf here]
* Lecture: [[Media:Humdrum_file_format.pdf|Humdrum file format]]
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* Lecture: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16WEM_s2WetlCgC9OMA_HpEELko7_udyIEG46hCEwSak/edit?usp=sharing Humdrum file format]
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vUnojO3OmNt4x9wLOZfFhllyGcf8PTRebcO_57xlep0/edit?usp=sharing Verovio Humdrum Viewer] ([http://verovio.humdrum.org VHV])
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* [http://doc.verovio.humdrum.org/humdrum/getting_started/ Introduction to **kern music encoding]
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* [http://verovio.humdrum.org Verovio Humdrum Viewer] ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vUnojO3OmNt4x9wLOZfFhllyGcf8PTRebcO_57xlep0/edit?usp=sharing 2017 MEC presentation slides for VHV])
 
*  Homework: [[Media:KernEncoding.pdf|Encode examples in Humdrum using VHV editor]] (due this Thursday).
 
*  Homework: [[Media:KernEncoding.pdf|Encode examples in Humdrum using VHV editor]] (due this Thursday).
 
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| 9 || 7 Mar 2019 ||  
 
| 9 || 7 Mar 2019 ||  
 
<b> Humdrum Analysis 1</b>
 
<b> Humdrum Analysis 1</b>
* Lecture 09B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09B_Uses%20of%20Humdrum_2015.pdf Uses of Humdrum]
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* Lecture 09B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09B_Uses%20of%20Humdrum_2019.ppt Uses of Humdrum] or [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/09B_Uses%20of%20Humdrum_2019.pdf here]
 
* Lab: [[Humdrum Lab 1 | Humdrum Lab]]
 
* Lab: [[Humdrum Lab 1 | Humdrum Lab]]
 
* Lab: [[Media:Humdrum_Tools_1.pdf|Humdrum Tools I]]
 
* Lab: [[Media:Humdrum_Tools_1.pdf|Humdrum Tools I]]
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* [[Humdrum homework]] (due next Thursday)
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| <div id="week10"></div>10 || 12 Mar 2019 ||  
 
| <div id="week10"></div>10 || 12 Mar 2019 ||  
 
<b> Music as Intellectual Property</b>
 
<b> Music as Intellectual Property</b>
* Lecture 10A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10A_Basic%20Concepts%20in%20Music%20Copyright_2015b.pdf Basic Concepts in Music Copyright]
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* Lecture 10A (2019): Music Copyright
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* Lecture 10A. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10A_Basic%20Concepts%20in%20Music%20Copyright_2019.ppt Basic Concepts in Music Copyright] and [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10A_Basic%20Concepts%20in%20Music%20Copyright_2019.pdf here]
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* Lecture 10B. [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10B_Ear-Eye-Brain.ppt What is musical similarity?] or [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10B_Ear-Eye-Brain.pdf here]
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<b> Humdrum Analysis 2</b>
 
<b> Humdrum Analysis 2</b>
* Musical Dice: http://www.ccarh.org/courses/253/lab/kerndice
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* [[Musical dice game]]
 
* Lecture/Demo: [[Media:Humdrum_Tools_2.pdf|Humdrum Tools II]]
 
* Lecture/Demo: [[Media:Humdrum_Tools_2.pdf|Humdrum Tools II]]
 
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| 10 || 14 Mar 2019 ||  
 
| 10 || 14 Mar 2019 ||  
* Lecture 10B.  [http://esf.ccarh.org/CS275A-Mus253/10b_From%20IP%20to%20Data%20resources_2015.pdf From IP to Data Resources]
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<b> Non-standard music representations in Humdrum [[Media:Koto-Humdrum.pdf|Koto notation]]</b>
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<b> Non-standard music representations in Humdrum [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uOZqvZdzcXhL5Gx2tKMvmY--dbqGF8r4Xgtaw2GMdBM/edit?usp=sharing Tab and Koto notation]</b>
 
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| <div id="week11"></div>FE || 19 Mar 2019? ||
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| <div id="week11"></div>FE || 19 Mar 2019 ||
 
<b> Take-home final (4-credit students) due by 11 p.m.</b>  
 
<b> Take-home final (4-credit students) due by 11 p.m.</b>  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:41, 14 March 2019

Music 253/CS 275a "Symbolic Musical Information"
Stanford University (Winter 2019).

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%.
Three-credit/no final: class attendance: 33%; weekly assignments: 67%.
Two-credit/no final: choices negotiable (homework assignments selected in consultation with instructors).

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.


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

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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 accommodations. The OAE is located at 563 Salvatierra Walk (phone 723-1066), URL http://oae.stanford.edu.