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MusicHB ACAT3001

ACAT3001     Algorithmic Composition 1

A one-hour seminar each week in Semester 1.

Prerequisite
Satisfactory completion of Electroacoustic Composition 2.

Aim
To gain a practical understanding of the use of computers for generating musical data at both the micro- and macro-compositional levels.

Content
Compositional algorithm design using existing software (e.g. APL/MPL, M, Jam Factory). Markov chains and other stochastic processes. Group theory.

Assessment
Assignments-30%.   Examination performance-70%.

Texts
none

References

Xenakis, I., Formalized Music, University of Indiana Press, 1971.
Erickson, R., Sound Structure in Music, University of California Press, 1975.
Reynolds, R., Mind Models, Praeger, 1975.
Software manuals as appropriate.

 

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