syllabus

1 - WHAT IS MUSIC (1/24/18)

• Introductions
• Overview of expectations, goals and syllabus
• What is music?
• Listening
• Music as commodity
• Why interaction?
• Examples
• Activity: Cobra && Rhythm Circle
• Assignment: Manifesto

2 - SCORE AS CODE, CODE AS SCORE (1/31/18)

• Intro to Javascript
• Intro to Tone.js
• Scores
• Activity: Treatise
• Assignment: Score

3 - REALIZATION (2/7/18)

• Activity: Swap scores with a partner, imagine trying to realize the score. What questions do you have? Comments? Critique?
• more Tone.js programming
• Music as process
• Generating music
• Assignment: Realize your score

4 - MIDTERM (2/14/18)

• Present compositions midterm
• Developer tools
• Activity: Developer tools scavenger hunt

5 - SOUND (2/21/18)

• Spectromorphology
• Sound
• Synthesis
• Digital Audio
• Web Audio API
• 3D Sound
• Activity: Make Tone.js Presets

6 - Interfaces (2/28/18)

• Musical Interfaces
• Gesture Mapping
• Interface Design
• Visual Music
• Visual Libraries
• Analysis
• Following Music
• Pair up to review final prospectus. Put yourself in the role of the audience: is the piece understandable? effective? compelling? Put yourself in the role of the performer: is the piece possible? expressive?

7 - FINAL (3/7/18)

• Present Final