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 740-356 Introduction to Electro-Acoustic Music

Note

Quota: 14.

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr S Ingham

Semester

1

Contact

A 2-hour seminar and three hours of studio work a week

Subject Description

The development of skills in the use of electronic music equipment; development of critical awareness of sounds and how they may be combined, treated and sculpted in creative ways. Students will also acquire a knowledge of the historical development of the subject.

Topics covered include a study of the techniques of electro-acoustic music, including musique concrète, sound synthesis, sampling, digital processing and MIDI.

Assessment

A tape recording of work composed in accordance with the course of study (80%). The nature of the work will be determined and approved in the seminars; One class presentation (20%).

Prescribed Texts
  • Appleton J and Perera R (eds), The Development and Practise of Electronic Music. 1975 Prentice-Hall.
  • Pressing, J, Synthesiser Performance and Real-Time Techniques. 1992 Oxford University Press.
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