ISE575a
CSCI575a
EE675a
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Topics in Engineering Approaches to Music Cognition
Structure in Music
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Spring 2011
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Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Southern California Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering
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| Instructor:
| Elaine Chew
( echew (at) usc.edu ) |
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GER 241, (213) 8.212.414 |
| Section:
| 048-31618R |
| Office Hours:
| Tuesday 9AM-10AM or by appointment |
| Class Meets:
| Tuesday 10AM-1PM |
| Location:
| PHE 223 |
| Text:
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Selected technical papers (see week-by-week guide) |
| Pre-requisites:
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Graduate standing in engineering or by instructor's consent.
Programming experience (C++, Java, or Matlab) and/or formal music knowledge desirable. |
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The understanding of music structure is fundamental to computer analysis of music, and a precursor to digital music processing and manipulation. This course reviews the methods for representing and abstracting music structure, including key and harmony, rhythm and meter, melody, phrases and motifs, and section boundaries and labels. The class emphasizes learning by example, and learning by doing, and includes readings, writing, presentations, and discussions on contemporary scientific literature, and a final project.
Updated 11 January 2011.
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