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Of the small-ish number of books on algorithmic composition, some do include some code such as Taube's Notes from the Metalevel<div><br></div><div>http://www.amazon.com/Notes-Metalevel-Introduction-Computer-Composition/dp/9026519753<br><br></div><div>Still, there would certainly seem to be room for another text taking a different route through the topic. If done well, I at least would find it a useful aid to teaching. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: dev@commtom.com<br>To: microsound@microsound.org<br>Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:14:27 -0700<br>Subject: Re: [microsound] any interest in participating in a research project?<br><br>
well some of the people on this list are instructors/professors themselves and might be interested in using the chapters/exercises within the context of a classroom, where many of the participants do not have any experience in algorithmic composition.<div><br></div><div>that is where my interest lies.</div><div><br></div><div>put me on your list Samuel.<br><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:56 PM, Ryan Dunn wrote:</div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><div style="word-wrap:break-word">It seems to me that asking this list to be your sample pool would be like asking doctors to try basic anatomy lessons and tell you whether they are successful. You should be finding participants who Don't have experience in algorithmic composing in order to yield the best results for your research.<div><br></div><div>Ryan Dunn</div><div><a>http://www.liscentric.com</a><br><div><br><div><div>On Nov 13, 2009, at 10:39 AM, <a>john@humanoidsounds.co.uk</a> wrote:</div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>That sounds great. I'm really getting into using Symbolic Composer at the moment. I would definitely like to be involved.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>John Proctor</div><div>Humanoid Sound Systems / Camel Audio</div><div><a>http://www.humanoidsounds.co.uk</a> / <a>http://www.camelaudio.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>On 13 Nov 2009, at 12:51, Samuel van ransbeeck wrote:</div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Hello</div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">As a student of composition, I always felt a lack of a method for algorithmic composition. For counterpoint and harmony, there are treatises and structured methods but for the 20th century idiom with all its facets, there is no structured pedagogical means for students to learn about algorithmic composition. I would like to write a method book to allow students to learn about algorithmic composition, giving them information and i the end of each chapter some exercises. It would be like the book of Straus about posttonal theory, only it will focus on algorithmic methods. </div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">I have spoken to my professor about this but he told me I need a rather large group of people to test my texts and exercises on. My question now is: Are there people from the microsound mailing list interested in participating in such a research. I would write a chapter and exercises, share them with you and letting you write small exercises and then collecting and comparing the results of each exercise. This would be like one year. What is in it for you: eternal glory and I will try to record as many compositions possible to include in a CD.</div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Let me know what you think</div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Samuel</div><div style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>microsound mailing list<br><a>microsound@microsound.org</a><br><a>http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>microsound mailing list<br><a>microsound@microsound.org</a><br><a>http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>microsound mailing list<br><a>microsound@microsound.org</a><br>http://or8.net/mailman/listinfo/microsound<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div> <br /><hr />Add other email accounts to Hotmail in 3 easy steps. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394593/direct/01/ ' target='_new'>Find out how.</a></body>
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