| 01/02/2005: | Introduction Sequence through all major keys in mean tone and equal temperament Steve Reich, Music for large ensemble (1978) Proof of the triangle inequality by Norman Megill, from Metamath Music |
| 04/02/2005: |
Waves, oscillations (introduction to Fourier
analysis and harmonics) A harmonic oscillator Java applet Book Chapters: Goldstein, pp. 331-339; CWE, pp. 182-187; Levine, pp. 332-338; Howard & Angus, Chapter 1; Warren, pp. 1-5 More mathematical background reading: D. Benson, Mathematics and Music, Sections 1.1 and 1.4-1.7 |
| 08/02/2005: |
Harmonics in sound perception and music: which sounds please
the ear? How is this reflected in complex musical pieces? Book Chapters: Goldstein, pp. 331-339; Cook, Chapter 7 George Antheil, Jazz Sonata (1922/23), Sonatina - Death of the Machines (1922) |
| 11/02/2005: |
Musical Instruments Valved vs. natural wind instruments A. Philidor (1647-1730) & J. Philidor (1651-1708), Marche de timballes Music Acoustics (UNSW) Book Chapters: Howard & Angus, Chapter 4 More mathematical background reading: D. Benson, Mathematics and Music, Chapter 3 |
| 15/02/2005: |
Physiology of the ear Book Chapters: Goldstein, pp. 343-360; CWE, pp. 187-204; Levine, pp. 339-346, 350-357, 363-366; Purves et al., Chapter 12 |
| 18/02/2005: |
Psychoacoustics I (masking, frequency
resolution, pitch vs. intensity, critical bands) Lot's of Acoustics Listening Examples Book Chapters: Goldstein, pp. 342-343; Levine, pp. 367-371; Roederer, pp. 24-50 More mathematical background reading: D. Benson, Mathematics and Music, Chapter 4 |
| 22/02/2005: | Psychoacoustics II (combination tones, beats of mistuned consonances, fundamental tracking and missing fundamental) |
| 25/02/2005: |
Quiz 1; Harmonics in musical practice Helium Speech Huun-Huur-Tu, Sygyt (Aliquot singing) Albert Mangelsdorff, Rip Off, on Albert Live in Montreux, MPS Records, 1980 Victor Wooten, Amazing Grace |
| 01/03/2005: |
Scales and Tuning Book Chapters: Roederer, Chapter 5, pp. 171-181; Cook, Chapter 14, pp. 177-185 and Chapter 13, pp. 150-162 More mathematical background reading: D. Benson, Mathematics and Music, Chapters 5 and 6 Tuning, Temperaments And Bells Demonstration of Mean tone vs. Kirnberger III vs. Equal temperament by Wim Kamp |
| 04/03/2005: |
Non-Western, non-traditional scales The Gamelans of the Kraton Yogyakarta (Java) Modes and Ragas: More than just a scale Indian Classical Music (Uma Ramamurthy) Microtonal Music Examples, the Huygens-Fokker Foundation Adriaan Fokker, Equal Temperament and the Thirty-one-keyed Organ Adriaan Fokker, Tenacita More nonstandard keyboards: Janko Keyboard with background, Continuum Fingerboard |
| 08/03/2005: |
Harmonic systems (tonal systems, cadenza) Book Chapters: Aiello & Sloboda, Chapter 8; Cook, Chapter 15 Catherine Schmidt-Jones, Harmony Harmony provides context: Example 1 and Example 2 Ludwig van Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement |
| 11/03/2005: |
Grouping I Book Chapters: Goldstein, pp. 148-156, pp. 395-401; CWE, pp. 245-247, pp. 411-417; Cook, Chapter 10; Deutsch, Chapter 9 Grouping Demos, Audio Box Project Demonstrations of auditory scene analysis, McGill University |
| 15/03/2005: |
Grouping II |
| 18/03/2005: |
Quiz 2; Fun & nonsense P.I. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6, Finale (Adagio lamentoso) P. Hindemith, Konzertstück für Trautonium und Streicher John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine (see also this interview) Michael Daugherty, Sing Sing: J. Edgar Hoover (played by the Absolute Ensemble) |
| 01/04/2005: |
Rhythm I Book Chapters: Deutsch, Chapter 13; Davies Krumhansl, C.L. (2000). Rhythm and pitch in music cognition. Psychological Bulletin 126, pp. 159-179 Catherine Schmidt-Jones, Meter in Music Unifix Drum Machine Rhythm Wheels Pili Pili: Jakko (Sugu Mugu Jakakai and The Break Tapper) |
| 05/04/2005: |
Rhythm II |
| 08/04/2005: |
Rhythm III Aka Pygmie Music Samples, Short Video Book Chapters: Assayag, Feichtinger, and Rodrigues, Chapter 10. |
| 12/04/2005: |
Structure in Music Book Chapters: Assayag, Feichtinger, and Rodrigues, Chapter 5; Fauval, Flood, and Wilson, Chapters 6 and 8. |
| 15/04/2005: | Quiz 3 |
| 19/04/2005: |
Development of music perception Book Chapters: Dowling, W.J. (1999). Development of music perception and cognition. In Deutsch, D. The Psychology of Music, Chapter 15. |
| 22/04/2005: |
Music and evolution I Hauser, M.D., and McDermott, J. (2003). The evolution of the music faculty: a comparative perspective. Nature Neuroscience, 6(7), 663-668. Miller, G. F. (2000). Evolution of human music through sexual selection. In N. L. Wallin, B. Merker, and S. Brown (Eds.), The origins of music, MIT Press, pp. 329-360. Cross, I. (2001). Music, mind and evolution. Psychology of Music, 29 (1), 95-102. Wade, N., (2003). We got rhythm; the mystery is how and why. The New York Times, September 16, 2003. Evolution of Music by Steven Shaviro |
| 26/04/2005: |
Music and evolution II |
| 29/04/2005: |
Music and emotion I Book Chapters: Sloboda, J.A., and Juslin, P.N. (2001). Psychological Perspectives on Music and Emotion. In: Juslin and Sloboda, eds., Chapter 4. |
| 03/05/2005: |
The musician and the composer Background reading: The composer and the performer by Samuil Feinberg Music samples: Mozart: Serenade in G, KV 525, ``Eine kleine Nachtmusik'', I. Allegro (played by Berlin Philharmonics/Karajan, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner, Camarata Academica Salzburg/Vegh); Sandor Vegh rehearses Mozart (sorry, information in German only); Bach: Prelude No. 1 C Major, BWV 846, from ``The Well-Tempered Piano, Book One'' (played by Tim Fellner, Glenn Gould, Jacques Loussier, and others); Duke Ellington: Caravan (played by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Dom Um Romano, Puschnig/Tacuma, Ella Fitzgerald, Absolute Ensemble/Paquito D'Rivera) |
| 06/05/2005: |
Music and emotion II: musical structure and emotional
expression Book Chapters: Gabrielsson, A. and Lindström, E. (2001). The influence of musical structure and emotional expression. In: Juslin and Sloboda, eds., Chapter 11. |
| 10/05/2005: | Quiz 4; Preparing posters for display |
| 13/05/2005: | Poster day, Performances TBA |