| Instructor:
| Elaine Chew
( echew (at) usc.edu ) |
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GER 241, (213) 8.212.414 |
| Section:
| 048-31575R |
| Units:
| 3 units, re-takeable up to max of 9 units (topic changes year-to-year) |
| Office Hours:
| Thursday 4:00PM-5:00PM (or by appointment) |
| Class Meets:
| Thursday 6:30PM-9:10PM (negotiable@1st mtg) |
| Location:
| KAP 167 |
| Text:
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Selected technical papers from current literature (see week-by-week guide) |
| Pre-requisites:
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Graduate standing in engineering or by instructor's consent.
Programming experience (C++ or Java) and/or formal music knowledge desirable. |
This course surveys human-centered mathematical and computing methods for composition and improvisation. By considering mathematical and computational techniques for synthesizing musical patterns under human direction, supervision, or interaction, the course examines new ways to formalize, represent, and experiment with, musical ideas. Topics include mathematical techniques for generating rhythms, chord sequences, and harmonizations under constraints, and interactive computer environments for composition and improvisation.
Updated 4 January 2007.
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