| CODE | MSP3180 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Electronic Music Composition | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Music Studies | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit consists of an insight into the aestethics and techniques used in composing acousmatic (electronic only) and electracoustic (electronics with traditional instruments) focusing on sound synthesis and processing. Study-unit Aims: This unit aims to give the composition pupils the tools and knowledge to compose electronic music. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a) Use the different method of synthesis available nowadays to build sounds from scratch; b) Build up an artistic composition using digital sound editing and processing techniques; c) Analyze sounds emanating from sources other than musical instruments objectively; d) Use stereophonic space creatively in electronic music composition; e) Collect non-instrumental sounds and select some of them for use in electronic compositions. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: a) Able to synthesise sounds using different types of synthesis; b) Able to build these sounds into a meaningful work; c) Able to process sound creatively; d) Aware of aesthetic factors to be taken into consideration when composing digital music; e) develop aural skills to analyze whether a non-instrumental sound is suitable for developing within a piece. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: 1. 'Live electronic music' by Simon Emmerson [Ashgate Publishing]. 2. 'Electronic and computer music' by Peter Manning [OUP USA]. 3. ''Compositional strategies in Electroacoustic Music' by Rodrigo Sigal [VDM Verlag]. 4. 'Compositional processes in Acousmatic Sound and Music ' by Aquiles Pantateo [City University]. 5. 'Sound synthesis and Sampling' by Martin Russ [Focal Press]. 6. 'On Sonic Art' by Trevor Wishart [Harwood Academic Publishers] ISBN 3-7186-5846-1. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Performance and Tutorials | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Reuben Pace |
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