21M.539
Advanced Topics in Music
Making Live Music with a Laptop - Looping, Sampling, Triggering
Evan Ziporyn, Todd Reynolds
Wed Jan 19, Thu Jan 20, Fri Jan 21, 10am-04:00pm
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 15 participants.
Listeners allowed, space permitting
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Level: U 3 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit
Opportunity for advanced study of musical topics not covered by the regular subject listings. Students seeking an individual program of study with a particular faculty member must also obtain the approval of the section head.
In this 3-day intensive course, we'll spend 5 hours per day 10-1, 2-4) learning recording and performing techniques, then creating and performing music, all using Ableton Live software. The course will culminate in presentations by students for students, with the integration of at least one if not more compositions into a live concert by the instructors in Killian Hall at 5 pm, 1/21. Topics include live recording, looping, software instruments & effects, samplers & sampling, sound design, MIDI, composition.
Contact: Evan Ziporyn, 10-283, x2-2302, zipo@mit.edu
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21M.540
Selected Topics in Music
Psychology of Music Seminar
Dr. Peter Cariani
Tue, Thu, Jan 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27, 07-10:00pm, E25-101
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 12 participants.
Listeners allowed, space permitting
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Level: U 6 units Standard A - F Grading Can be repeated for credit
Opportunity for study of musical topics not covered in the regular curriculum, particularly experimental subjects offered by permanent and visiting faculty.
Opportunity for group study of advanced subjects related to the Speech and Hearing Sciences not otherwise included in the curriculum. Self-contained survey of major perceptual and cognitive aspects of the psychology of music, with special emphasis on underlying neural processes. Lectures and discussion of 14 supporting readings systematically explore basic dimensions of hearing and auditory scenes most relevant for music: pitch, timbre, consonance, harmony, melody, rhythm & meter, grouping & memory processes, expectation, emotion, and meaning. How music engages different brain circuits to achieve different psychological effects. Overviews of developmental, comparative, and evolutionary, and psychology of music; music therapy; and similarities/contrasts between music, speech, and language.
Contact: Joseph R. Stein, E25-518, (617) 452-4091, jrstein@mit.edu
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