Music @ The Computer — MU200
Half Block 1999
— January 4 – 14, Packard Hall, R. 16
Dr. Ofer Ben-Amots, Ext. 6555
Syllabus
OBJECTIVE: The two main objectives of this course are
1) to introduce students to computer music notation through
hands-on experience. In a step-by-step method students will
exercise music input, score editing, playback, part extraction
and printing. 2) to learn the HTML tag language and how to build
a personal home page.
TEXT BOOK: There
is no specific textbook for this workshop style course. However,
the course is largely based on several on-line sources of
material: a) The Finale Tutorials b) A Finale workshop written by
Prof. Hal Owen at the University of Oregon. In addition, numerous
web-authoring guides and HTML tutorials are constantly available
on the WWW.
REQUIREMENTS: Each student
participating in the class must have an e-mail address. In
addition, students will be required to join the Finale Discussion
List for the duration of the course. Students should bring two
1.4 MB, High Density, Macintosh formatted disks to every class
session. These disks will serve as a backup to all the files
created during the half-block. Files should be backed-up on a
daily basis.
ASSIGNMENTS & GRADING:
Student will be graded according to their performance in the
following projects:
a) Completed FinaleŽ assignments compiled into a portfolio.
b) Final project to be selected out of the following:
Notation of an original composition (of medium length) An Arrangement or Orchestration Transcription of a musical manuscript. Musical exercises (Theory, Ear training, theoretical article, etc.) The final project should be discussed with me in advance
c) Personal home page as well as WWW collaborative site.
- Students can choose their own subjects for collaborative website-development. The themes should be approved by me no later then Thursday 1/8/99 at noon.
- Personal and team-developed web pages will be evaluated according tovcontent, technical sophistication, and aesthetic.
d) Final exam on the last day of the block (Wednesday, 1/14/99)
- Students will have to demonstrate knowledge of the entire material covered during the half-block including adequate use of computer notation and web-authoring and -design
METHOD OF LEARNING: Students will work both individually and
in 2-person teams. However, each student will be responsible for
the completion of all exercises. The Music Computer Lab will be
available at all times during the half-block.
ATTENDANCE: Classes are from
9:30 a.m. -12 p.m. Attendance is mandatory. Absences will not be
excused except for medical reasons.
OFFICE HOURS: The
best time to talk with me is 15 minutes before or after class.
Otherwise call me at ext. 6555 at any time
COURSE OUTLINE IN OVERVIEW (based on H. Owen's Workshop)
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
1/4/99 Introduction to Information Technology. HTML: |
1/5/99 Introduction to computer assisted notation. FINALE: |
1/6/99 Lyrics and Music FINALE: HTML: |
1/7/99 Entering a 3-part canon FINALE: |
1/8/99 Entering a large score. FINALE: HTML: |
1/11/99 Creating a piano reduction FINALE HTML: |
1/12/99 Special notation assignments FINALE |
1/13/99 Independent study: Complete all assignments. I will be around all morning to help you finalize the projects. Final exams (15 min. of individual meetings) from 1 p.m. on. |
1/14/99 Last day: Hand out
Finale portfolios |
|
COURSE OUTLINE
Week One
Monday, 1/4/99 —
CLASS: Introduction to Information Technology.
HTML:
Introduction to HTML.
Browsing the WWW.
Bookmarking.
Authoring a basic page.PROJECT: Start working on your personal homepage. Include the tags <html></html>, <head></head>, <body></body>, <title></title>, <h1></h1>, <center></center><p><br>and<hr>.
Tuesday, 1/5/99 —
CLASS: Introduction to computer assisted notation.
FINALE:
Step-time music entry,
Adding measures,
Clefs,
Meter signatures,
Key signatures,
Measure numbering,
Changing view (Page view / Scroll view),
Zoom in/ Zoom out.
Page layout,
Final Barline
PlaybackPROJECT: Finish entering and modifying "America" and keep working on your webpage.
Wednesday, 1/6/99 —
CLASS: Lyrics and Music
FINALE:
Typing Lyrics into Finale.
Adjusting Syllable spacing
Titles and credits,
Word extensions
Slurs
Global spacing
PlaybackHTML:
Images, Hyper-links, Paragraphs, ListsPROJECT: Finish modifying "America" with lyrics. Collaborative WWW projects - deadline for subjects.
Thursday, 1/7/99 —
CLASS: Entering a 3-part canon
FINALE:
Staff attributre tool
Copying and Moving
Chrom. and dia. traspositions
Repeat sign
prima and secunda volta
Assigning the Tempo Marking
Playback with repeatsPROJECT: Finish modifying "Non Nobis, Domine" by William Byrd. Start working on collaborative website.
Friday, 1/8/99 —
CLASS: Entering a large score.
FINALE:
Using a Finale template
Modifying templates
Entering notation (incl. slurs)
Copying notation
Entering Expressions
Using Meta-tools for expressions
Optimizing staves.
MIDI playback
Extracting orchestral partsHTML:
Complete personal home page.PROJECT: Complete entering and layout of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro"
Week Two
Monday, 1/11/99 —
CLASS:
Creating a piano reductionFINALE
Transcribe music from a MIDI file,
Imploding music using a Bach Choral: two methodsHTML:
Looking at Frames
Integrating soundPROJECT: Complete layout of the two imploded chorals (including text), Keep working on collaborative website.
Tuesday, 1/12/99 —
CLASS:
Special notation assignmentsFINALE
Old style notation, (plain chant)
Contemporary notation
Notating for Percussion
PROJECT: Complete excercise in special notation. Improve webpages
Wednesday, 1/13/99 —
CLASS:
Independent study:Complete all assignments.
I will be around all day to help finalize the projects.FINAL EXAMS (15 min. of individual meetings) from 1 p.m. on.
Thursday, 1/14/99 —
CLASS:
Last day:Hand out Finale portfolios
Demonstrate WWW projects
LEARNING HTML:
HTML Dictionary at Webmonkey References
FINALE ON THE WWW:
The Unofficial Finale page: http://www.rpmseattle.com/rpm/coda/
Finale Resources Page: http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/~skot/finale/fin_home.html
FTP SITES:
Main Finale FTP Site: ftp://ftp.shsu.edu/pub/finale/
Finale-List Archives: ftp://SHSU.edu/pub/finale
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