[microsound] any interest in participating in a research project?

[David Powers]

Interesting idea, I would help.
~David

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Sofus Forsberg <sofus at foppa.dk> wrote:
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> Good idea
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> Im in! :D
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> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:51:29 -0800 (PST), Samuel van ransbeeck
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> <thinksamuel at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Hello
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>> As a student of composition, I always felt a lack of a method for
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>> algorithmic composition. For counterpoint and harmony, there are
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> treatises
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>> and structured methods but for the 20th century idiom with all its
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>> there is no structured pedagogical means for students to learn about
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>> algorithmic composition. I would like to write a method book to allow
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>> students to learn about algorithmic composition, giving them information
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>> and i the end of each chapter some exercises. It would be like the book
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> of
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>> Straus about posttonal theory, only it will focus on algorithmic
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> methods.
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>> I have spoken to my professor about this but he told me I need a rather
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>> large group of people to test my texts and exercises on. My question now
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>> is: Are there people from the microsound mailing list interested in
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>> participating in such a research. I would write a chapter and exercises,
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>> share them with you and letting you write small exercises and then
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>> collecting and comparing the results of each exercise. This would be
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> like
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>> one year. What is in it for you: eternal glory and I will try to record
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> as
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>> many compositions possible to include in a CD.
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>> Let me know what you think
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>> Samuel
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> Sofus Forsberg
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