I590/N560: Introduction to Music Informatics

Fall 2006

Don Byrd

Course Links

• Lectures and Daily Assignments
• Course Syllabus
• Solution to R programming assignment #1 (handling audio)
• Solution to R programming assignment #2 (counting melodic intervals)
• Our Chosen Music
• Ideas for Projects
• Guidelines for Writing and Rubric for Grading Projects
• How to Use tuneR on Macs in M373
• Reserve List

General Information

• Vocabulary for Music Informatics
• Musical Pitches: note names, frequencies, MIDI note numbers
• Information Sources for Music Informatics Courses

Lecture Notes

• 28 Aug. - 8 Sept.: Introduction to Music Informatics (PowerPoint slides)
• 10 - 25 Sept.: Musical Acoustics & Psychoacoustics (PowerPoint slides)
• 15 Sept. - 19 Oct.: R Programming and Digital Audio (PowerPoint slides)
• 29 Sept. - 18 Oct.: Music Representation: Notation, Conversion, & Acquisition (PowerPoint slides)
• 20 Oct. - 6 Nov.: Finding Musical Information (PowerPoint slides)
• 6 - 14 Nov.: Music Similarity, Sampling, & Intellectual Property Rights (PowerPoint slides)
• 14 - ?? Nov.: Synthesis of Sounds & Music (PowerPoint slides)
• 2 Oct.: Guest lecture by Tim Bell: OMR, digital music stands, etc. (PowerPoint slides)

Announcements

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