Postgraduate Course: Music Informatics (INFR11079)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Informatics |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/mi |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course covers the principal theories, techniques and algorithms developed recently to give computational accounts of how musical phenomena can be analysed, generated and mediated with machine support or collaboration. The emphasis is on concepts, rather than tools, but the ideas have wide applicability. The state of the art is presented in selected areas. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Informatics PG and final year MInf students only, or with special permission of the School. Students are normally expected to have some level of musical background, for example a school qualification such as Higher or A level music, or a background in musical performance. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Geography (Old Infirm) Rm 2.01 |
| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - Explain the relationship between various music representations
2 - Explain the use of musical grammars in characterising musical structures.
3 - Give algorithms for the determination of basic metrical and tonal aspects of traditional western music.
4 - Show how statistical information about music can be used to characterise particular styles.
5 - Contrast the different approaches to automated generation of music in specific styles.
6 - Provide a computational account of the exchange of musical and other information between musical agents. |
Assessment Information
Written Examination 70
Assessed Assignments 30
Oral Presentations 0
Assessment
Assessment will by written exam (70%) and a written survey report analysing recent research on a topic agreed with the lecturer (30%).
If delivered in semester 1, this course will have an option for semester 1 only visiting undergraduate students, providing assessment prior to the end of the calendar year. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Background
* Physics of music vs musical perception,
* Music Representation
Basic parameters
Basic Local Analysis Algorithms
* Beat tracking; score following
* Tonal centre (Longuet-Higgins, Bolzano)
Musical Grammars
Musical Similarity
Information Theory, Statistical methods
* Characterising musical style
* Music generated by statistical constraints (Xenakis)
Machine Composition in a Given Style
Musical Agents and Interaction
Relevant QAA Computing Curriculum Sections: Not yet available |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not yet available |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Lectures 20
Tutorials 0
Timetabled Laboratories 0
Non-timetabled assessed assignments 24
Private Study/Other 56
Total 100 |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Michael Rovatsos
Tel: (0131 6)51 3263
Email: mrovatso@inf.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kate Weston
Tel: (0131 6)50 2701
Email: Kate.Weston@ed.ac.uk |
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