Postgraduate Course: Medieval Afterlives: Critical Approaches to Music and Medievalism (MUSI11069)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | In this course students become acquainted with specific methods for digital simulation of sound-producing systems, using models that are based on physical laws and principles. Particular emphasis is laid on the computer simulation of musical instruments and other sound-producing systems, within the efficiency constraints and control demands of artistic, creative and commercial environments. |
| Course description |
various topics will be covered including (but not limited to):
audio reverberation and the image/source method
simple models of woodwind instruments
emulation of analog distortion
numerical integration techniques for oscillators
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 6 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
173 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Group Outline Presentation and Blog : 25%
Assessed analysis of either a work (piece of music, film, TV programme, game, opera, etc.) or a concept, as demonstrated by a number of works in small groups, taking place within week 9-11, with an accompanying group blog submitted in week 12 (assessment weighting shared equally between the two). The presentation is designed to be an outline of the more detailed blog, allowing for feedback. Groups will consist of PGT students only, but the presentations will take place in the same sessions as those taking place in the level 10 'Medieval Afterlives: Music and Cultural Imagination' course.
Essay: 75%
An essay of 4,000 words due week 12/13 (exam weeks) |
| Feedback |
Students will get formative feedback on their presentations verbally, from peers and the course organiser, and summative feedback in line with current university regulations. Detailed feedback on the essay will be given in line with current university regulations. Students will be invited to submit an essay outline for formative feedback in week 7. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of methods of digital simulation of acoustic systems.
- Identify, simplify and apply appropriate methods for discretisation of physics-based sound models in the context of specific technological constraints and artistic/creative demands.
- Carry out mathematical calculations and derivations associated with modelling and simulation of acoustic systems.
- Successfully implement a discrete-time computer model of a musical instrument or other sound source.
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Reading List
A full reading list will be given in LEARN. A representative sample is given below:
The Oxford Handbook of Music and Medievalism, Stephen C. Meyer and Kirsten Yri, eds. Oxford University Press, 2020
John Haines, Music in Films on the Middle Ages: Authenticity Vs. Fantasy. Routledge, 2013
Recomposing the Past: Representations of Early Music on Stage and Screen, James Cook, Alexander Kolassa, and Adam Whittaker, eds. Routledge, 2019
James Cook, 'Sonic Medievalism, World Building, and Cultural Identity in Fantasy Video Games', Studies in Medievalism, 28 (2020)
James Cook and Karen Cook, 'Music and Medievalism', Oxford Bibliographies Online |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Enquiry and lifelong learning: the course will equip students to approach a number of different genres, styles, and types of media from the perspective of medievalism in a critical and engaged fashion outside the classroom.
Outlook and engagement: the course will continue to embed critical perspectives on the ways in which history is constructed and reconstructed; the course will provide
valuable grounding and experience in understanding cultural, social, political, and historical contexts for cultural and artistic products, and in exploring how these contexts can be embedded and encoded within them.
Research and enquiry: the course will require students to develop and complete their own individual and group research projects, researched and presented in a professional manner.
Personal and intellectual autonomy: students will learn how to apply knowledge/theory gained in class to their own personal life experiences and research interests.
Communication: Ability to produce essays and presentations to a professional level and to communicate with peers in informal class discussion. |
| Keywords | physical models,synthesis,audio signal processing |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Alistair Carson
Tel:
Email: Alistair.Carson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Carrie Parker
Tel: (0131 6)50 2422
Email: Carrie.Parker@ed.ac.uk |
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