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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>I would enjoy participating in your
project, as it sounds interesting. If you are going to gather data
formally, asking questions about experience levels with algorithmic composition
and using that as a variable would be a way to use responses from a pool of
people who have different intensities of previous use. It could be
interesting to compare responses from the high and low ends of that spectrum.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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microsound-bounces@or8.net [mailto:microsound-bounces@or8.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Samuel van ransbeeck<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, November 13, 2009
6:51 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> microsound@or8.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [microsound] any interest
in participating in a research project?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Let me know what you think<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Samuel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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